October 2020 Flashcards

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The Right Livelihood Award was created by _____ ?

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Jakob Von Uexkull, a Swedish German philatelist in 1980 The award was created after the Nobel Foundation refused to create an award for the efforts in the field of environment and international development This is why the award is also known as alternative Nobel Prize in Stockholm

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Sonu Sood and SPS Oberoi (Dubai based Businessman philanthropist) The event was organised in collaboration with UNDP Sustainable Development Goals for Coordination Centre.

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Iqbal Shah

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Speaking Hands Foundation

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Red Cross - Infosys PGI Sarai and Samvedna

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Punjab National Bank Gram Sampark Abhiyan. It was launched by the minister of agriculture and farmers welfare on the lines of Atmanirbhar Bharat The campaign is centre on 4 key themes - digital, credit, social security and financial literacy The campaign will culminate on December 31st 2020 covering 526 district 24 states

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S s Mallikarjuna Rao

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New Delhi Tag line - "The Name you can Bank upon"

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Since 1976, FCRA regulate foreign donations in insurance that such contributions don't adversely affect internal security. It has been amended once in 2010. It is applicable to all associations groups and NGOs which intend to receive foreign donations and makes it mandatory for them to register themselves

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Gangapuram Kishan Reddy and Nityanand Rai

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Dhanbad, Jharkhand

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Renuka Singh Saruta

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Sheikh Hasina

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Dr Abdul Hamid

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Bangladesh taka

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Washington DC United States

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James Frederick Bridenstine (also known as "Jim" Bridenstien)

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Uday Kotak

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Chandrajit Banerjee

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Kerala The project has been implemented at a cost of 42.36 crores, out of which the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) has contributed 34.75 crores The project was implemented by KITE

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Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE)

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Thiruvananthapuram

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Pinarayi Vijayan

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Mohammed Arif Khan

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Vijaya Raje Scindia The coin is being released on the occasion of her birth centenary. It has been invented by the Finance ministry She was one of the founding members of the BJP

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Vijaya Raje Scindia She has been elected to the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

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The Coinage Act, 2011 They are printed by the Ministry of Finance Whereas other currency note from 2 Rupees to 10000 Rupees are printed and regulated by the RBI and the RBI Act, 1934

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Battery operated vehicles This has been done under its new Electric Vehicle Policy

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It has been announced by the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in August 2020 Under the policy and assistance of rupees 1.5 Lakh will be given on car purchases, rupees 30000 given for two wheeler purchase, e rickshaws, auto rickshaw purchases, The Government has aim to register around 5 lakh electric vehicles in Delhi by 2024

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The interview process This has been announced by Union Minister Jitendra Singh In 2015 Prime Minister had announced by delivering the speech from Red Fort in Delhi on August 15 that the interview system should be abolished. He emphasised that job selection must be done only on the basis of written test. The entire process is undertaken by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)

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The blue flag certification is globally recognised and is accorded by a Denmark based International agency known as the foundation for environment education. The blue flag certification or tag is awarded to those beaches that are providing clean and hygienic bath facilities to the tourist on the beach goers. The certification or tag is also given to the feature that provides safe and healthy environment and promote sustainable development in and around the beach area.

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8 ``` Shivrajpur - Gujarat Golden Beach - Orissa Kasarkod and Padubidri - Karnataka Goghla - Daman and Diu Radha Nagar beach - Andaman and Nicobar Island Kappad - Kerala Rushikonda - Andhra Pradesh ``` These eight Indian beaches were also recommended for the blue flag International eco label on your casual of international coastal cleanup day

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Andaman and Nicobar Island

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Andhra Pradesh

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The BEAMS program stands for the Beach Environment and Aesthetic Management Services (BEAMS). It was launched by the Union Ministry of environment on the occasion of international coastal cleanup day It is an ecolabel program It was launched in order to remove debris and promote sustainable development in coastal regions. It primarily focuses on the following four categories - Environmental education - environmental management including the solid waste management and cleanliness - quality standards of bathing water - safety and security of beaches

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Oxfam if an integrated organisation comprising of 20 independent charitable organisations. It mainly focuses on alleviating global poverty. Has recently released the 3rd edition of the Oxfam 2020 Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index

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India According to the report India spend only 4% of its budget on health in the ongoing pandemic situation. India has also been ranked 129 out of 158 countries. The gist of the report was that:- - only 26 of the 158 countries was spending the recommended 15% of the budgets on health - only 53 countries had social protection system against unemployment and sickness - India, Nepal and Sri Lanka came under the bottom 10 in government spending on public services

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India, Nepal Sri Lanka

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Aava Murto Finland United Nations International Day of girl child (October 11, 2020) It was done as part of the "Girls Takeover" Program

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Sauli Niinisto

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Sanna Marin

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11th October 2020

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Rafael Nadal | beating Novak Djokovic

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Iga Swiatek - Women's Single title She was also the first player from Poland to win a Grand Slam. At 19 years of age she became the youngest women's French Open champion since 1992

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Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies | German duo

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Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic

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Emmanuel macron

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Euro, Franc

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Iga Swiatek 19 years

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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, Britain With this win Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher's all time record of 91 Grand Prix victory

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Nurburgring, Germany

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"My voice, our equal future" The day is celebrated with an objective to empower women.

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October 12 It is observed every year to create awareness about rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) and to share information and support patient and caregivers. This day is managed by European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)

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"It's in your hands take action"

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12th October 1996

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It was annually observed on 11th October till 2019. The day was relaunched as the new " Unified World Obesity Day" on 4th March 2020. Aims to create and awareness on obesity

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11th October 2015

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It was celebrated on 4th March 2020 Theme was - " The Roots of Obesity Run Deep" It was Re launched to call for a Global Response to obesity which is a global crisis affecting more than 650 million people across the globe.

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Dr Harsh Vardhan

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Lesley Jones

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Copenhagen, Denmark

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Angela Merkel

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Prof. John Wildling

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Prof. Iain McInnes

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Prof. Zoltan Szekanecz

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Kilchberg (Zurich), Switzerland

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Delhi Under the policy, a minimum of 80% of trees affected by a development or construction project will be transplanted. The policy is part of Delhi's movement of "Yuddh, Pradushan Ke Viruddh" against the rising air pollution levels. Measures such as incorporating more EVs, tree transplantation, preventing stubble burning are included under the movement.

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Delhi The world's first smog tower is in China. Two smog towers are being installed in Delhi, out of which one will be installed by the Centre (Anand Vihar) and the second by the Delhi government (Connaught Place).

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Arvind Kejriwal

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Anil Bajaj

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India Posts 11,000 Through this tie up the postman will fill the form for eligible farmers for this scheme as per the department records. This is specifically for farmers who could not enroll yet for PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, who are now being reached at their doorstep through the Post man.

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Pramod Sawant

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Bhagat Singh Koshyari

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Goa By providing 100% tap water connection in functional household, having connection 2.30 lakh households. The state has achieved this target before the designated time under the mission, that is, 2021. July 2020 the Government of India allocated INR 12.40 crores for FY20-21 on the basis of annual Action Plan presented by the ministry of Jal Shakti. In 2020-2021 rupees INR 75 crore as the 15th Finance Commission grants to Panchayati Raj institutions.

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It aims to provide functional household tap water connection to 18 crore rural households of the country by the year 2024.

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Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020 It is a five day global AI Summit which was organised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in partnership with NITI Aayog. around 45,000 stake holders from academic, research industry and government representatives from 133 countries registered to participate in the RAISE 2020.

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21 startups (15 winners and 6 special mentions) were announces as winners of the Government Organised AI Solution Challenge Some of the winners were :- - LungXpert - AI based prognostic app - developed by Sasikaladevi (received special mention) - CogniABle - developed by Indiavidual Learning Limited.

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Its function as a Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0) incubation centre. It would also encourage young mind to engage in using emerging Technology including artificial intelligence, blockchain, cyber physical system, internet of things and robotics It has been approved by the Ministry of Information Technology (MeITY)' The incubator has been funded by MeitY and has been developed by IIT Andhra Pradesh

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"Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020: Reversals of Fortune" 150 million This is the first rise in Extreme Poverty Percentage in 20 years. The report analyzes three aspects which are driving the increase in global poverty - COVID19, Armed Conflict and Climate Change.

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Washington DC USA

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David Malpass

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Anshula Kant

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Carman Reinhart

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It is an online business mentoring program for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by Indian Bank in collaboration with Poornatha & Co. It is a twelfth session program which will be available in local languages. The sessions on managerial and financial skills will be conducted by Poornatha & Co, while the banking related topics will be handled by Indian Bank. On successful completion on by the people will get a certificate issued jointly by the Indian Bank, Poornatha & Co. and MADE (Michigan Academy for Developming Entrepreneurs).

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Allahabad Bank

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Padmaja Chunduru

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Chennai | Tag Line - Your own bank

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October 10

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October 10, 2020 marks the 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty which is dedicated to the right of of persons facing the death penalty to have effective legal representation. "Access to counsel - a matter of life or death" : Theme

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2003 By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty

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106 countries countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes. 8 countries have abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes only.

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This day is observed by annually - on the second Saturday in May and in October

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"Birds Connect Our World"

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October 10 - to raise awareness about mental health issues globally and mobilize efforts in support of Mental Health

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India It mentioned that one in seven people of India suffer from mental illness like the depression and anxiety between 1990 to 2017.

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October 10 The theme in 2020 was "Mental Health for All: Greater Investment - Greater Access"

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Harayana The mobile water testing van will be stationed at State Water Testing Laboratory, Karnal and its operations would be throughout the state

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Chandigarh

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Manohar Lal Khattar

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All India Council for Technical Education. Issue on the lack of regulator mechanics in the field of Engineering was raised following the consultation with experts like E Sreedharan, Principal Advisor for Metro Rail Corporation

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M. S Ananth, former director of IIT Madras

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Prof. Anil D. Saharabudhe

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It has formulated a panel of secretaries under the Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba The panel consists of secretary of - home, - defence, - Railways, - Telecom, - Information and Broadcasting - Department of space

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Spectrum allocation or frequency allocation is the allocation and regulation of the electromagnetic spectrum, into radio frequency bands done by the governments. Spectrum is invisible radio frequencies that wireless signals travel over which enables us, for eg, to make calls from our mobile devices

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Gurdeep Singh He was appointed as the CMD of NTPC in February 2016

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Pernod Ricard Foundation and World Wide Fund for Nature - India (WWF India) The project will work across but 50 villages in - - - Kamrup - Sonitpur - Biswanath and - Nagaon districts It will also train community members on effective situation Management by developing effective tool kits and forming anti depredation squads, which would help them protect their property, crops and lives.

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Gland, Switzerland

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Pavan Sukhdev

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Pradeep Goorha. published by Patridge Publishing It is a fiction book based on the reality around the issue along the Northern borders of India and the illegal occupation of Pakistan occupied Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan by Pakistan.

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Emma Solberg

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Norway the 6th session of India - Norway Joint Commission was held virtually. Union Minister - Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) led the Indian Delegation The Norweigan delegation was led by Ms. Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide, Foreign Minister of Norway

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India Sat It was developed by 3 students from Tamil Nadu :- - M. Adnaan of Thanthonrimalai - M Kesavan of Nagampalli - V. Arun of Thennilai Satellite will be launched next June on Nasa's sounding rocket 7.

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India Sat Made of reinforced graphene polymer that is 3cm in size and weighs around 64 gm To transmit and receive the signal from Earth to outer space, it has its own radio frequency communication Has solar cells attached to generate power.

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2nd Edition of ASEAN - India Track 1.5 Dialogue Summit organised by Observer Research Foundation in Partnership with MEA (ministry of external affairs)

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Dato Suryodipuro - Ambassador of Indonesia to india Akshay Mathur - Director Observer Research Foundation Vijay Thakur - Secretary (East) in MEA

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Arton Capital's Passport Index 2020 58th Newzealand topped the list Indian passport holders can visit 18 countries visa-free, 34 countries with Visa on Arrival, and 146 countries where visas are required in advance. New Zealand passport allows visa-free or visa-upon-arrival access to 129 destinations. Afghanistan, Iraq are placed at the bottom of rankings at 75th place with access to only 31 destinations.

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Constantina Dita. She is a romanian long-distance runner and the Champion of 2008 Beijing Olympics. Constantina Dita won the 2004 Chicago Marathon and came second in the 2005 Chicago Marathon (major City Marathons).

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Gdynia, Poland.

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Odissa The agreement will cover training, conditioning and incentivizing the Indian National Rugby Teams (men and women) participating in International Rugby events. Agreement was signed at the at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

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October 15 to celebrate the Birth Anniversary of India’s 11th President Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (known as APJ Abdul Kalam). This is Abdul Kalam’s 89th Birth Anniversary.

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Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (known as APJ Abdul Kalam)

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October 15 2020 marks the 89th birth anniversary

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Learning for People, Planet, Prosperity and Peace

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October 15, 1931 Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu

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July 27, 2015 at IIM (Indian Institute of Management) Shillong, Meghalaya.

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Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam He is known as ‘Missile Man of India’ for work on Development of Ballistic Missile and Launch Vehicle Technology.

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October 14 The day is observed to raise awareness about e-waste recycling and encourage consumers to recycle e-waste. October 14, 2020 marks the third such day to be celebrated

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"Education." October 14, 2020 marks the third such day to be celebrated

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Started by WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic | Equipment) Forum since 2018

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Brussels (Belgium)

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Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

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Sanjay Dhotre

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Ravi Shankar Prasad

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Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre

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Satyadev Narayan Arya

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Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Jakarta, Indonesia

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Jacinda Arden

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Wellington

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New Zealand Dollar

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Nitin Gadkari

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Ashok Kumar Gupta

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Dilip Asbe

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David R. Malpass

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Anshula Kant

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Carmen Reinhart

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Washington DC, USA

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Maneck Unwala

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Bhubaneshwar

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Naveen Patnaik

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Ganeshi Lal

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Gajendra Singh Sekhawat

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Union Jal Shakti Minister -- Gajendra Singh Sekhawat Awards were presented under the cleanliness and drinking water categories

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Swachh Sundar Samudayik shauchalay Gandgi Mukt Bharat Samudayik sauchalay Abhiyan

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Gujarat won first prize at state level Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu received first prize at district level Kharchrod Block, Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh won the first prize at block level. Chinnaur village, Tamil Nadu got the first prize at Gram Panchayat level

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Telangana and Haryana

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Gujarat Uttar Pradesh Prayagraj and Bareilly were the best performing districts

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Part of swachh Bharat awards 2020 Swacch Sundar Samudayik Shauchalaya award is for clean beautiful toilet contest. Under the initiative toilets are decorated in order to show their significance

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Part of swachh Bharat awards 2020 This award aims to reward clean cities in urban and rural areas. It spreads awareness among people for proper hygiene and sanitation.

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It was launched in 2014. Presently the government is implementing phase 2 of the mission. Phase 2 of the mission focuses on making India open defecation free (ODF+). Phase 2 is to be implemented between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Total funds allocated to this phase are INR 1,40,881 crores.

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"Yuddh Pradushan ke virudh" As part of the campaign Delhi government plans on using Technology developed by Pusa Agricultural Institute to control the threat of stubble burning.

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Green Delhi App It is a photo based complaint lodging app which takes action against specific pollution activities reported by Delhi citizens.

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It is a first of its kind survey which has been conducted by the Ministry of statistics and programme implementation. The survey was conducted between January 2019 and December 2019 and covered 4.47 lakh persons over the age of six years. The primary objective of the surveys to measure the participation of men and women in paid and unpaid activities. It provides information on time spent in unpaid care given activities, volunteer work, unpaid domestic service producing activities of the household members

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The report noted - 38.2 % of the population participates in employment and other related activities and spend about 7 hours and 9 minutes each day on the same (429 minutes) - only 18.4 % women participate in employment activities when compared to 57.3% men. - women's participation in household chores is 81.2 % each day, as compared to men which is 26.1 %. Women spend 5 hours on unpaid domestic services, while men spend one and half hour on domestic services. - only 14% of men participate in unpaid care giving activities for household members, spending 76 minutes a day on average. While 27.6% of women spend more than 2 hours in such activities. - as per the report Indians do not like to be an paid volunteer for trainees or to take part in community organisation. Only 2.4 % of the respondents of the survey volunteer for such work. - participation in socialization chatting conversing and community participation in gatherings and religious participation is 91.3 percent and people spend about 143 minutes each day on an average doing so. - participation in culture, mass media, sports, practices, reading, watching television etc is 86.9% spending an average of 165 minutes a day on average.

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Galwan clash The memorial is built onShyok Daulat Beg Oldi Road. The memorial contains the names of the soldiers mentioned under "gallants of Galwan". Indian Army completed the mission under "operation snow leopard"

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SMART (Supersonic missile assisted release of torpedo) It was successfully tested from wheeler Island from the coast of Orissa. SMART is a lightweight anti submarine torpedo system. It is the fastest Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) missile in the world and has been developed by the DRDO laboratories in:- - RCI Hyderabad - DRDL - NSTL Vishakapatnam - ADRDE Agra The Missile range of 650 kilometres

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Dr G Satish Reddy

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Indian Council for cultural relations (ICCR) and Uttar Pradesh Institute of Design (UPID) Theme of the international webinar was - "Weaving Relations: Textile Traditions"

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Vinay Sahasrabuddhe

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Iqbal Singh Chahal (municipal commissioner of Greater Mumbai) Indo American Chamber of Commerce He became the first Indian bureaucrat to be recognised with Global recognition. He received the award for his contribution in controlling the spread of covid-19 in Mumbai and in his effort to flatten the curve in Mumbai including in Dharavi, Asia's biggest slum.

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Bhagat Singh koshyari

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Dalle Khursani - red Cherry pepper chili of Sikkim It is considered as one of the hottest chilli in the world with medicinal values It is grown in Sikkim and some areas of Darjeeling

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Reliance life sciences. The R green kit is an RTPCR kit which diagnosis the covid-19 infection in about two hours. Presently RT PCR test take up to 24 hours The kit has been developed by computational Biology at Reliance life sciences, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries

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Madhabi Puri Buch Appointments committee of the cabinet has also approved the extension of her term by 1 year.

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Ajay Tyagi

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1st to 8th October The first wildlife week was observed in 1957. (before which wildlife day was celebrated) Wildlife week 2020 marks 66th wildlife week The theme of 2020 was - "Roar (Roar and Revive) - Exploring Human-Animal Relationships"

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Award is to encourage to officers and staff working on the captive animal management. The award has been instituted by central zoo authority

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October 4th to 10th The 2020 theme is - satellite improve life The 2021 theme is - women in space

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October 4th Heinrich Zimmermann, German editor writer and animal protection activist organised the World's First Animal Day

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24th March 1925 Heinrich Zimmermann, German editor writer and animal protection activist organised the World's First Animal Day at the Sports Palace in Berlin, Germany. From 1929, the day was shifted to October 4, to align with the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.

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"Economic valuation of ecosystem services, National Zoological Park, New Delhi" Report has been made by Central Zoo Authority and The Energy and resources Industries (CZA-TERI) Report estimates the total economic value of ecosystem services to be around INR 422.76 crores and the value of one time cost of service light carbon storage and land is estimated to be around INR 55,000 crore.

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October 5 The day commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of 1966 ILO/UNESO Recommendation concerning the status of teachers in a conference summoned by UNESCO in Paris

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United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organisation

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Audrey Azoulay

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Geneva, Switzerland

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187 including India

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October 5 It is celebrated annually on first Monday of October It is observed to reflect on the state of human settlements and to emphasize on the basic right of adequate shelter to all It was first observed in 1986

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"Housing for All - A Better Urban Future" It will be hosted by the city of Surabaya, Indonesia

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Naugarh railway station has now been renamed Siddharth Nagar railway station.

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Gujarat The program is an initiative under the Centre's BharatNet project. She is one of the program covers 2000 Panchayats, which is to be launched on October 8. Another 8000 panchayats will be provided this service by December 2020. The villages are to be connected without 100 MBPS Optical Fibre network (aims to make every village a mini sachivalay)

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Gujarat The parks are to be set up in Patan and Banaskantha districts for production of cumin and fennel seeds Fennel Seeds - Banaskantha Cumon Seeds - Patan

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Acharya Devvrat

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Gandhinagar

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Vijay Rupani

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Goa DISHTAVO - Digital Integrated System for Holistic Teaching and Virtual Orientations It is a youtube channel which is an initiative of the Directorate of Higher Education . Government of Goa.

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iMediX The base model has been installed at Swasthya Bhawan, West bengal

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PARAM Siddhi-AI The initiative to develop the same was headed by Abhishek Das, Scientist and Program Director (HPC AI Infrastructure Development) at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)

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Jensen Huang

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California

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Swiggy On a pilot basis this program will be initiated by taking 250 Street vendors from 5 cities, i.e, - Ahmadabad, Chennai, Delhi, Indore and Varanasi.

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Delhi Mumbai Expressway The animal bridges will have a combined length of over 2.5 kilometre for safe passage for wildlife. These pictures have been inspired from the wildlife Crossings in Netherlands These crossings are to ensure that no disturbance or conflict is caused to the animals in Ranthambore wildlife corridor, connecting Ranthambore and Mukundara wildlife sanctuaries in Rajasthan. Wild animals will get such passage at every 500 metres interval.

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890 crore It will cut the travel time from Mumbai to Delhi from 24 hours to 13 hours The Expressway is 1320 kilometres long It will pass through States of Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra

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Myanmar The Sittwe Port is India's gateway to Southeast Asia as it will connect India's landlocked North East region with the Bay of Bengal through Mizoram.

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Burmese Kyat

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Harsh Vardhan Shringla

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General MM Naravane

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100th Death Anniversary of Lokmanya Tilak Myanmar Mandalay Jail, Myanmar. It was in Mandalay Jail that Tilak wrote "Gita Rahasya", a commentary on Bhagvad Gita.

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1. Grant of USD 2million (INR 15 crores) for construction of Border Haat Bridge at Byanyu/Sarsichauk in Chin State to improve economic connectivity between Mizoram and Myanmar 2. Installation of bust of Lokmanya Tilak in mandalay jail 3. Cultural cooperation in translation of Indian epics into Burmese language 4. India proposed to build a USD 6 billion petroleum refinery project near Yangon, Myanmar.

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Dr. Harsh Vardhan (Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare)

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It is a bilateral Naval exercise between the Indian and the Bangladesh Navy. 2020 marks the 2nd edition of the exercise. This was followed by third edition of the India Bangladesh coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) The aim of Bongo Sagar is developing interoperability and joint operational skills by conducting a a range of different Maritime exercises. The aim of CORPAT is for strengthened understanding between both the navies and instituted measures to stop conduct of unlawful activities.

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Omar Al Razzaz, former PM of Jordan (at the end of its 4year term) He was appointed as the PM in 2018

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Jordanian Dinar

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Abdullah II

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France National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) and Indian Space Research Organisation will launch Constellation of Maritime Surveillance Satellites for Indian Ocean Region (IOR) The satellite will Trace illegal spillage of oil by ships. It is will be the first space based system in the world capable of tracking ship continuously. Highly precise thermal infrared observer - TRISHNA, will be part of the fleet of Indo French satellites

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Suhail Narain

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President Ram Nath Kovind

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Admiral Karambir Singh

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December 4

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Hardeep Singh Puri

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A sport tech startup which uses technology to enable the access of sports activities to a larger audience irrespective of age and skill

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Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Aims to enhance green cover in and around Visakhapatnam 2 UH3H helicopters ith 2 tons of seed balls undertook the aerial seeding.

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Alpha Design Technology Limited (ADTL) Contract is for INR 591 crore

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Union Territory of Ladakh NDDB has proposed to list all households present in identified villages (irrespective of their dairy animal holding status) to prepare a roadmap for development and promotion of dairying in Ladakh

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the Seventh Offshore Patrol vessel (OPV) - Vigraha It was learnt that Kattupalli Port, Chennai The vessel has been built by Larsen & Tourbo "Vigraha" is the last in the series of 7 OPVs contracted to LNT and will be inducted into ICG after completion of trials and testing by March 2021.

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Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) The agreement is based on the United Nations children's fund (UNICEF) initiative - "Accessible Digital Textbooks for All"

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Prabodh Seth ISLRTC is an autonomous organisation under under the DePwD

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Hrushikesh Senapathy

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Prasar Bharati As part of the agreement, Doordarshan Kisan will broadcast innovative techniques adopted in the agricultural field in easy to understand language through a 30 minute program series of approximately 25 episodes

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Dr. Udai Shanker Awasthi

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Shashi Shekhar Vempati

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National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) The 3C initiative of FLO aims to build competence, capacity and confidence to empower women to become financially independent

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Dinesh Kumar Khara (for a period of three years) He succeeds Rajnish Kumar. Appointment of Dinesh Kumar as recommended by the Bank Board Bureau.

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Dinesh Kumar Khara

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J Venkatramu He will succeed Suresh Sethi. Venkatramu is currently serving as Chief Digital Officer At Equitas Small Finance Bank

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New Delhi It was incorporated in 1949

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Zoho, Swiggy, Instamojo, Dunzo and Swiggy The campaign wishes to build a digital savings for small businesses. As part of the campaign, Google India has also partnered with Doordarshan to launch "Namaste Digital" As part of the partnership Zoho is to launch a new initiative - "Build your business online with Zoho" It will enable businesses to use websites like Zoho sites, inventory, commerce - free for 3 months. Dunzo has also offered 24*7 merchant support which can be availed by SMBs for free with zero sign up fees and instant registration Swiggy has offered a 7 day "Fast track onboarding" for restaurants to come on the platform

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Californiam USA

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Sundar Pichai

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Avaada Energy private Limited (AEPL) ADB has agreed to invest USD 15 million (INR 109.9 crore) to support the company came if photo voltage solar energy capacity

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Vineet Mittal

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New Delhi & Mumbai

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Masatsugu Asakawa

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Manila, Philippines

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SatSure Analytics SatSure Analytics provide agricultural data infrastructure through SPARTA, which is a proprietary platform and decision analytics through SAGE across agriculture, climate change and infrastructure sectors.

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ICICI Bank in partnership with VISA. ICICI Bank becomes the first bank in India to provide certificate validity after the RBI allowed banks to issue a cards to customers availing and overdraft facility INR 3lakh is the maximum daily transaction limit.

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Najeeb tarakai He made his International debut at 2014 T20 world cup in Bangladesh

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October 7 It has been celebrated since 2019 to recognise the importance of cotton as a global commodity. The year 2020 marks its first anniversary of the day The Cotton-4 group (Benin, Burkina, Faso, Chad and Mali) initiated the Cotton sectoral initiative at the World Trade Organisation to improve Global trade rules related to cotton

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Benin, Burkina, Faso, Chad and Mali

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Dilip Rath

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Anand, Gujarat

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Radhakrishna Mathur

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K. Chandrashekhar Rao

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Tamilisai Soundararajan

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Krishnaswamy Natarajan

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Udai Shanker Awasthu

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Mayank Agarwal

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Krishnaswamy Vijay Raghavan

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Kuwait City

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Kuwaiti Dinar

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Russian Ruble

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Vladimir Putin

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Vipul Sharma

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To be appointed (Roberto Azevedo stepped down as WTO DG)

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Geneva, Switzerland

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Mr. Leslie Thng

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Amitabh Chaudhry

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INOX Air Products (INOX AP) It has been inaugurated in Modinagar, Ghaziabad The plant will produce liquid oxygen, nitrogen and Argon

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Tamil Nadu It will be jointly set up by the world economic Forum and Guidance AMHUB is one among the 19 platforms that has been designed by the WEF. Tamilnadu is nodal investment promotion agency calledn"Guidance" will also join hands with WEF The help will help Tamil Nadu in solar energy electronics electric mobility and textiles. It will also boost opportunities of fourth industrial revolution in the state, which basically includes artificial intelligence, intelligence of things, Cloud Computing etc.

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EK Palaniswamy

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Banwarilal Purohit

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Conrad K Sangma

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Satya Pal Malik

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Benjamin Netanyahu

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Reuven Rivlin

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New Israeli shekel

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Jan Andolan - people's participation The prime minister has asked citizens to wear mask wash hands and follow social distancing

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National clinical management protocol The protocol is based on Ayurveda and yoga. An Inter disciplinary committee headed by V. M. Katoch (former director general of Indian Council for Medical Research- ICMR) formulated the report and submitted recommendations to the national task force based on clinical data

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Amazon Amazon India has waived the service and payment gateway transaction charges for the introductory period. Customers also receive discounts.

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Washington, United States

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Jeff Bezos

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Mahendra Pratap Mall

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Indian Cotton It was launched on world cotton day on October 7th. India's premium cotton effect to be known as Kasturi cotton - which will represent whiteness, brightness, softness, purity, lustre, uniqueness and indianness in world cotton trade

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51 % - of its own cotton 23% - of cotton produced in the world

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Pradeep Kumar Agarwal

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Second QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) Ministerial Meeting The meeting was held between India Australia Japan and USA. It was held in Tokyo

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Yoshihide Suga

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Japanese Yen

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Bishr al Khasawneh he succeeds Omar al Razzaz. the king of Jordan - Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, appointed the new PM.

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Sadyr Zhaparov Was appointed following the resignation of PM Kubatbek Boronov

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Sooronbay Jeenbekov

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Kyrgyzstani som

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M. Rajeshwar Rao He is the fourth Deputy Governor of the RBI He succeed n s Vishwanathan He is currently serving as the executive director of the RBI

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Shaktikanta Das

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PM SVANidhi Portal and the SBI's eMudra portal. Is part of Prime Minister Street Vendor AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme More than 20.50 lakh loan applications have been received. Out of these 7.85 lakh loans have been sanctioned and over 2.40 lakh loans disbursed.

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R. K. Chhibber The RBI has extended his term for another six months. R. K. Chhibber has been serving as the interim Chairman and Managing Director following the removal of Parvez Ahmed from the post. R. K. Chhibber has been serving as full time CMD under S.10BB of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949

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Rajesh Kumar Chibbar

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Ashwani Kumar

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Rishi Kumar Shukla

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October 8 On this day in 1932 the Indian Air Force in India was officially raised as the supporting force the royal Air Force of the UK The day was marked with a parade and Fly past at Hindon Air Force base in Ghaziabad, UP. 2020 marks the 88th anniversary of the Indian Air Force

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Rakesh Kumar Singh Badhauria

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Every second Thursday of October. This year it falls on October 8. The WHO and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) organise the day every year. The 2020 theme was - Hope in Sight

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Peter Holland

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1941 as the Special Police Establishment

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Mexico city

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Andres Manuell Lopez Obrador

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Zurich Airport International AG (ZAIA) the Jewar International Airport is scheduled to open in 2024 with a passenger capacity of 1.2 crore a year

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Jgananna Vidya Kanuka Scheme at Punandipadu ZP High School, Krishna District. The kit comprises of uniform, clothes, textbooks, notebooks and a school bag. So far INR 650 crore has been set aside for the scheme. Under the scheme, free kits will be provided to 42.32 lakh government schools.

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Mukhya Mantri Saur Swarojgar Yojana The target beneficiaries include migrant worker and the youth who have returned home after leaving jobs in various parts of the country. Under the scheme 10,000 youth and migrants will get jobs in the green energy sector. The targeted beneficiaries will be allocated Solar Plants of 25 Kilowatts each The plants for generate 38,000 units of electricity per annum which will be bought by Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited for 25 years.

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The target beneficiaries include migrant worker and the youth who have returned home after leaving jobs in various parts of the country. Under the scheme 10,000 youth and migrants will get jobs in the green energy sector. Cooperative And private bank will grants loans at an interest rate of 8% for your for 15 years to set up solar plants on private land on land taken on lease.

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- Uttrakhand has launched helpline number (1926) for protection of forest and reducing human wildlife conflict - it has also inaugurated the status as a response force's latest Quick Deployment Antenna (QDA) Technology. QDA is a satellite based communication technology which establishes communication and places my network coverages Low or has zero coverage

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Uttarakhand

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It was Virtually inaugurated by the Union Minister for Social justice and empowerment It was organised by:- - the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities - Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment - in association with the University of Melbourne, Australia Professor grade Jeffrey director of Australia India Institute co chaired the conference The initiatives at the conference were:- - Setting up of National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation at Sehore, Madhya Pradesh - KIRAN Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline

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It is a two day long half yearly question security exercise along the coast areas of - Kerala, Karnataka and Lakshwadeep to check coastal security mechanism and validate standard operating procedures. A total of 20 ships of the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard as well as 50 petrol craft made by various security agencies took part in the exercise which include - coastal police - coastal distrcit administration - cochin port - Fisheries Department - Customs - Marine Enforcement Wing (MEW) - Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) - Intelligence Bureau - Light House Department and fishermen community The exercise was Closely monitored from Joint Operation Centre, Kochi (Kerala) and reviewed by southern Naval Command flag officer commanding in chief vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla

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Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla

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MA Ganpathy He succeeds Rakesh Asthana

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Rudram 1 Rudram 1 is a New Generation Anti Radiation Missile (NGARM) integrated on Su-30MKI (Sukhoi 30) fighter aircrafts of the Indian Air Force. It was tested at interim test range Balasore, off the coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal It has been designed for suppression of Enemy air defenses

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Its range depends upon the height at which the fighter jet is flying. It can be launched from a height ranging from 500 to 15 km. Target Range - it can get radiation emitting targets within a range of 250 kms

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Thaawarchand Gehlot

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Piyush Goyal

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They have been received by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) The aim of the award is to reward startup and Ecosystem which are building innovative products. The award takes into consideration the contribution of a product or solution to social good. This is the first edition of the awards and it invited applications from 12 sections and 35 sub categories. (the 12 sectors are Agriculture, Education, Enterprise Technology, Energy, Finance, Food, Health, Industry, Space, Security, Tourism and Urban Services. )

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Kerala based Genrobotics Innovations Private Limited's manhole cleaning robot Bandicoot won the award in - Campus Initiated Startups category Delhi based Intello Labs Private Limited's digitised food quality Assessment across supply chain from farm to table won the award in the - Agricultural Sector Bangalore based Niramai Health Analytix Private Limited which offered a solution for early detection of breast cancer won the award in - Health sector The winning startups will get a cash prize of INR 5lakh each and an opportunity to present a solutions to public authority and its pilot projects and work orders Exceptional incubator and one accelerator each will get a cash prize of INR 15 lakh

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Villgro Innovations Foundation Based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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Brigade Real Estate Accelerator Program based In Bangalore, Karnataka

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GoI appointed the following economists as the new members of the MPC:- - Jayant R Varma - Shashank Bhide - -Ashima Goyal The MPC prepares monetary policies for the country using tools like bank rate, reverse repo rate and cash reserve ratio The MPC was constituted under S.45ZB of the RBI Act, 1934

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The committee is formed under S.45ZB of the RBI Act, 1934 and consists of six members. Three of these are nominated by government of India but should not be government officials. Three others are appointed by the RBI itself The RBI governor is the ex-officio chairperson of the committee. However, he does not enjoy a veto power to overrule the other panel members, but will have a casting vote in case of a tie. The other 2 members from the RBI are - Deputy governor of RBI in charge of the monetary policy will be a member, and executive director of the central bank. Term - members are appointed for a term of 4 years and they are not eligible for reappointment Functions of the Committee - As per the recommendations made by the Chakravarty Committee the main functions of the committee include:- - to set the monetary policy norms to economic growth, Social Justice, price stability, etc. - to keep inflation rates under control - the committee also decides policy interest rate, bank rate, repo rate, reverse repo rate, etc.

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Chairperson: Governor of RBI - shaktikanta Das Deputy Governor of the bank in charge of monetary policy - Michael Debabrata Patra Executive director of the bank in charge of monetary policy - Dr. Mridul K. Saggar Ashima Goyal - member of PM Modi's economic advisory council. Shashanka Bhide Jayanth Varma (The last three members hold office for a period 4 years, and the first three members are official members. Central government nominees are not eligible to be re appointed.)

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The committee has decided to keep - the Repo Rate unchanged at 4% - reverse repo rate unchanged at 3.35% - Ways and Means Advance Limits of the Centre at INR 1.25lakh crores - on tap TLTRO on Rs. 1 trillion money at 4% till March 2021 - GDP for the fiscal year 2021 is predicted at 9.5% with chances of strong rebound.

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Ram Vilas Paswan He was the leader of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and had formed the party in 2000 He was elected to the Bihar legislative assembly in 1969 as a member of the Samyukt Socialist Party He also held the Guinness record for winning his constituency with. the highest margin in 1977 Lok Sabha elections.

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October 9 It is celebrated each year on the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern October 9 has been declared World Post Day UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan in 1969.

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Bishar hussein

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Bern, Switzerland

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October 9 to 15 Maharashtra Post Circle has released a 7 day schedule for celebrating national Postal Week in Maharashtra World Post Day - October 9 Banking Day: October 10 - To promote saving schemes offered by Post Office Savings Banks (POSB) and products offered by the Indian Post Payments bank (IPPB) such as Aadhar Enbaled Payment System (AEPS) October 12: Postal Life Insurance Da October 13: World Philately Day October 14: Business Development Day October 15: Mails Day

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October 13 Philately - stamp collecting

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Stephan Widrig

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Zurich airport, Switzerland

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Y s Jaganmohan Reddy

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Vishwa Bhushan harichandan

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Gairsain (summer) Dehradun (Winter)

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Trivendra Singh Rawat

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Baby Rani Maurya

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Krishna Pal Gurjar Rattan lal Kataria Ramda Athawale

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Hardeep Singh Puri

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Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy

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InvestIndia Conference

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Canadian Dollar

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Justin Trudeau

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SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) The scheme will enable one lakh property holders to download their property cards using SMS links. After receiving the SMS link, they would get their respective property cards from their respective state governments. These beneficiaries come from 763 villages across 6 states. Out of these 346 are from UP, 221 from Haryana, 22 from MP, 50 from Uttrakhand and 2 from Karnataka In Maharashtra there is a system of recovering a nominal cost of property cards. So, while all other states provide the property cards within a day, Maharashtra provides property cards within a month after applying it.

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The scheme was launched by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. It was launched on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj on April 24, 2020 The Scheme is aimed at providing the record of rights to the village household owners in rural areas. The scheme is being implemented across the country for a period of four years, i.e, from 2020 to 2024 in a phased manner. It targets to cover 6.62 lakh villages.

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Google This will enable the citizens to determine the safety of an area before travelling.

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Uddhav Thackeray

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Bhagat Singh Koshyari

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Lucerne - Burgenstock, Switzerland from May 18 to 21, 2021 The annual meeting will be preceded by high level "Davos Dialogues". The Davos Dialogues will be digitally convened by the WEF around January 25. Global leaders will share their views on the state of the world in 2021. The Annual meeting in 2021 will be organised under the theme "The Great Reset".

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Klaus Schwab

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Cologny, Switzerland

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9.2% As compared to 12.9% fall in April 2020 This is due to the strong trade performances in June and July 2020 because of easing of lockdowns in many parts of the world

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To be appointed (Roberto azevedo step down on 31st August 2020) World Trade Organisation Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Nigeria) and Yoo Myung-hee (South Korea) are the top candidates under consideration.

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Geneva, Switzerland

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164 nations

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The New Development Bank which is also known as the BRICS Bank A loan of USD 500 million has been approved for the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project and A loan of USD 241 million has been approved for Mumbai Metro Rail II Line 6 project

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Brazil, Russia India, China and South Africa It was formerly known as the BRICS Development Bank

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Shanghai, China

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Marcos Prado Troyjo

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Chetan Anand Chetan Anand is 40 years old and is from Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh. He won his first Asian Satellite Tournaments in 2001. He receive the Arjuna Award in 2006 for his performance in the Commonwealth games.

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Avinash Kharsshikhar He debuted in the mvoie Bandiwan Mi Ya Sansari and is well known for his comic performances in Marathi films, Tele Serials and Plays

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Justice K K Usha She became the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court in 2000 and served in 2001

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2nd Friday of every October. It falls on October 9. It is aimed at raising awareness for eggs and their importance in human nutrition. It was established by International Egg Commission in 1996 in a conference held at Vienna.

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United Kingdom

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Over 80 countries including India

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``` Suresh Chitturi (India) HQ - United Kingdom Founded - 1964 ```

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Delhi Under this a minimum of 80% of the trees affected by development of construction projects will be transplanted The policy is part of Delhi's movement of "yuddh pradushan ke viruddh", against air pollution levels It is also mandatory to as a compensatory if one tree was supposed to be cut

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Bundelkhand And parts of Rajasthan This has been decided by the forest department in order to clear the backlog for compensatory afforestation Under the compensatory plantation 1100 + have to be planted reading over an area of 1 hectare

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Intel India On the inaugural session of "all. ai 2020 virtual summit" Intel India announce the launch of of an applied AI research centre in Hyderabad The centre would be in collaboration with Telangana government, public health foundation of India and IIT Hyderabad

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K Chandrasekhar Rao

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Tamilisai Soundararajan

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5 lakh The top three states with the highest teleconsultations were 1. Tamil Nadu 2. Uttar Pradesh 3. Himachal Pradesh

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Coal ministry During the 56th meeting of standing scientific research committee of the ministry the launch of the website is announced The website was developed by Central Mines Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDI) which is the research and development arm of Coal India Limited The website from words Science and technology in the core and leg night sector

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Anil Kumar Jain Union Minister - Prahlad Joshi ( Minister for Coal, Mines and Parliamentary affairs)

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Central Mines Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDI)

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Prahlad Joshi

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"The Khalistan Conspiracy: A former RAW Officer Unravels the Path to 1984" Authored by GBS Sidhu

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INS Sahyadri and INS Kora The awards are organised by the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam. the FAF is organised every year to mark the resilience and perseverance of Indian Navy personnel appointed onboard ships of Poorvi Beda or Sword Arm of Eastern Naval Command

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Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) and National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) The agreement has been signed to achieve complete self Reliance through developing India's own hardware manufacturing

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Nirbhay Cruise missile The mission was aborted due to technical issues cropping up after the launch, that is, while the test missile was in the air. Nirbhay is India's first indigenously developed Cruise missile The subsonic Missile can fly at a speed of 0.7 Mach and has a range of 800kms to 1,000kms

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Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy

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Anywhere between USD 420 billion to USD 600 billion This is in the World Bank Report titled "Beaten or Broken? Informality and COVID19 in South Asia" Report has been jointly prepared by the Office of Chief Economist for the South Asia Region (SARCE) and Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment (MTI) Global Practice. Report include South Asian countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka. The World bank has introduced the LAYS (Learning Adjusted Years of Schooling) concept to combine access and learning outcomes into a single measure. It combines years of schooling and quality of knowledge of kids at a given grade level into a single summary of human capital in society. Using the LAYS concept, the World bank has projected the learning loss for the South Asian region is 0.5 years.

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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough The price has been launched with an aim to encourage and support to repair the planet in the next 10 years It is described as the most prestigious global environment prize in history It was inspired by the moon shot project launched by former US President John F Kennedy in 1961 The earth short price comprises of five prices of 1 million pounds awarded each year for the next 10 years. The award aims to provide 50 solutions to the environmental issues by 2030.

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John F Kennedy (former US President) In 1961

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Bangladesh This will be done by amending the Prevention of Women and Children Repression Act, 2000

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USD 310 million Hwange Thermal Power Station

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Emmerson Mnangagwa

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Zimbabwean Dollar

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Indian football. Forever together the AIFF is Apex body for football in India

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Praful Patel

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Subrata Dutta

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Robert Lewandowski (Polish striker) represents the club Bayern Munich

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Nyon, Switzerland

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Aleksander Ceferin

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B. Vijaya Reddy Known as Vijay in the Kannada film industry

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Carlton Chapman He was India's leading midfielder and played from 1995 to 2001. He was also the captain of the Indian team when India won the South Asian Football Federation gold cup in 1997

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October 13 This day is observed by the United Nations. it is also known as "World Calamity Control Day" The 2020 theme is "Disaster Risk Governance" United Nation had started observing the day in 1989.

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2015 India had framed its own national disaster management plan on the basis of the sendai framework.

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In India, Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA) would carry forward the 10th edition awareness campaign on disaster risk reduction called - "Samarth"

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Carmen Reinhart

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Dr. Abdul Hamid

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The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has 189 members and The International Development Association has 173 members.

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Zojila Tunnel It is 14.15 km long and is at an altitude of 3000m in Jammu and Kashmir It provides all weather connectivity between Srinagar valley and Leh on National Highway 1 (NH1) It requires construction at an altitude of 11,578 feet under Zojila pass, connecting Srinagar and Leh through Dras and kargil The project will be implemented by National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) and its construction will be carried our by Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) (Telangana based corporation) Total capital cost of the project would INR 8,308 crores and the total integrated cost of the tunnel including the Zozila Tunnel (14.15km) and approaches upto Z-Morh (18.63km) will be INR 10,643 crores. With the approach road the total project length is 32.78 km

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Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhyan PFC has sanctioned INR 2790 crore to JKPCL for clearance of outstanding dues

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Ravinder Singh Dhillon

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- IIT Delhi - DRDO and - Joint advanced technology centre (which is a joint initiative of DRDO and IIT Delhi) It will also provide operational feedback of futuristic Technology Under the continuing education programme of IIT Delhi, a batch of 40 engineering graduate officers are subordinate officers of the CRPF will undergo 3 to 6 months certification course. From this trained batch a few selected officers will undergo a higher degree courses at IIT Delhi. The selected officers also act as technical advisors to CRPF.

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AP Maheshwari

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Astrosat It just completed its 5 years of imaging celestial objects in space. It has carried out 1166 observations of 800 unique celestial sources.

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Nitin Gadkari

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"TB Harega, Desh Jeetega".- an elected representative's book on Tuberculosis in Kohima, Nagaland

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Deepak Aron (IRS officer) His first pictorial book "World Heritage sites of Uttarakhand" was was published by Beehives Communication Private Limited in 2010

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Shashi Tharoor He described this book as his "magnus opus" on the theory evolution and practice of nationalism across the globe and especially in India The book appears to be an extension of his book "Why I Am a Hindu" Some of his other works include - "India: From Midnight to the Millenium" (1997) - The Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories (1993)

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ENFUSER- ENvironmental information FUser SERvice The ENFUSER will identify hotspot of air pollution and pollution of the street level. To provide air quality forecast, model WRF Chem has also been updated with high resolution land use land cover information

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Dr mrutyunjay Mahapatra

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Netherlands The collaboration is part of "National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) of India. The initiative was discussed in a webinar on "Energising Partnership between India & Netherlands on Digital Health Solutions" organised by the embassy of India, the Hague and the kingdom of Netherlands.

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Mark Rutte

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France and India (for a term of 2 years at the 3rd Assembly of ISA held virtually) ISA is working with World Resource Institute to mobilise USD 1 trillion by 2030 and for implementing the vision of "One Sun, One World, One Grid". Financial assistance for the same is being provided by Netherlands, Bloomberg Philathropies, Bloomberg New Energy and Climate Works Foundation. the 7th programme on Solarizing Heating and Cooling Systems was launched by the ISA Secretariat, i.e, Gurugram, Haryana.

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- Kalpana Chawala Awards - Visvesvaraya Award - Diwakar Awards and - ISA Solar awards (presented for the first time) Dr. Bhim Singh from IIT Delhi and Dr. Aeesha Alnuaimi from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority received the Kalpana Chawla Award Visvesvaraya Award was given to Japan and Netherlands.

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The Kalpana Chawla awards are named after the American Astronaut of Indian Origin Kalpana Chawla. They recognise outstanding contribution of scientists and engineers working in the field of solar energy.

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The Visvesvaraya Awards are bamed after the Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. The award carries an amount of USD 12,330 as prize money, a scroll and a certificate to recognise the countries with the maximum floating solar capacity in each of the four regions of ISA>

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In November 2015, ISA was jointly launched by India and France during the 21st session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the parties (COP 21) in Paris to promote solar energy among its member countries. The major objective of the organisation is the deployment of 1000GW of solar capacity and mobilisation of USD 1000 billion of investment in the solar energy sector by 2030.

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Upendra Tripathy

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Rajkiran Rai G for the term of 2020-21. He was previously serving as the MD and CEO of Union Bank of India He has succeeded Rajnish Kumar

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Dinesh Kumar Khara He was previously serving as the chairman of SBI She is one among the three Deputy Chairman namely- -CH S S Mallikarjuna (MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank) -Madhav Kalyan (CEO of JP Morgan Chas Bank, India ) Earlier Rajkiran Rai G served as the Deputy Chairman of IBA.

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It was formed on September 26, 1946. It is an association of banks and other entity in the banking system in India get into its members

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Sunil Mehta

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Bollywood costume designer - Bhanu Athaiya She passed away at the age of 91. Her first debut as a designer was for the film Shahenshah in 1953. She won the Oscar for best costume design in 1983 for the film "Gandhi" She won the National Award for Best Costume Design in 1991 and 2002 for "Lekin" and "Laggan"`

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October 16 celebrated by the UN to commemorate the founding date of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in 1945. 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the FAO. Theme of the world food day 2020 - "Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together"

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Manoj Sinha

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Srinagar (summer) | Jammu (winter)

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Ashwini Kumar Choubey

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Lahaul and spiti in Himachal Pradesh Heeing is a is widely used spice in Indian cuisine and is imported from Afghanistan Iran and US Pakistan The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR IHBT) introduced 6 accessions of heeing from Iran through National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR)

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Kati Bihu is one of the three Bihu (agricultural) Festivals celebrated in Assam. Kati Bihu is also known as Kangali Bihu, i.e, the festival of the poor. It is celebrated in mid October when the crops are at a growing stage and the granaries of farmers are depleting Other Bihu Festivals are Bohag and Bhogali Bihu is celebrated during the mid April as the Assamese New Year. During the Bohag Bihu the fields are prepared for the paddy cultivation. Magh or Bhogali Bihu is celebrated during mid January as a spring festival to mark a successful harvest and full granaries

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Sabananda Snowal

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Jagdish Mukhil

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Al Khobar Saudi Arabia The Y20 Summit was held for exchanging ideas and dialogue for the empowerment of youth post covid. The theme of the Summit was - "Government - Youth dialogue on post COVID19 opportunities" The year 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of Y20 as the official G20 youth engagement group. India was represented by Union Minister for sports - Kiren Rijiju (Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports)

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Y20 is a forum for developing cooperation with future generations and provides a platform for young people to have their voices heard on issues relevant to the G20 agenda

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Kiren rijiju

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It is a composition of 20 countries including India

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Saudi Arabia

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Realising opportunities of the 21st century for all

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Saudi Arabian king - Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

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Stellapps It has recently launched mooPay in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan mooPay is a direct payment platform for dairy farmers in Rajasthan. mooPay also enables delivery of cattle loans, livestock insurance and innovative fintech solutions like sachet loans and milj receivable financing Moopay removes the risk and costs of transferring money as it acts as a payment gateway for dairies to make payments to every registered farmer.

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Ranjith Mukundan

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Food Safety Compliance System (FoSCoS). It will provide a one point stop for all the processes of a Food Business Operator with the department for any regulatory compliance transaction It will replace the Food Licensing and Registration System (FLRS) It will become operational from November 1, 2020 It was launched in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, , Gujarat, Goa, Manipur, Odisha, Delhi, Chandigarh and Ladakh on June 1, 2020.

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Arun Singhal

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BrahMos The missile was fired from INS Chennai which is a stealth destroyer. The missile has been named after rivers Brahmaputra and Moskva It was developed as a joint ventureof the DRDO and NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) of Russia.

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50 years on March 26, 2021 This day commemorates Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan by the leader of the nation - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

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March 26 2021 marks its 50 years of independence

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Sheikh Hasina

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Jacina Ardern She is the second world leader to give birth in office after Benazir Bhutto

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SLINEX20 2020 marked the the 8th edition of the exercise India participated in the exercise on direct policy of "neighbourhood first" and its vision of "Security and Growth for all in the Region" (SAGAR) The Indian side was represented by indigenously built ASW (anti submarine warfare corvettes) - Kamorta and Kiltan

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Sri Lankan Rupee

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Mahinda Rajapaksa

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa

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The report is titled "The Cost of a Plate of Food 2020" and is released by the UNWFP. It takes that an average Indian Spencer 3.5% of his daily income for a plate of 4 as compared to point 0.6% by an individual from New York, USA. Report rank 36 countries where India stood at the 28th position. The most expensive state of food is South Sudan where people on an average would have to spend 186% of the daily salary on basic ingredients UNWFP is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

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David Muldrow Beasley

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Rome, Italy

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Singapore The function is called "SingPass Face Verification" Using the verification and number of government services can be accessed online It provides 400 online government services

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Singapore city

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Halimah Yacob

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Lee Hsien Loong

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Singapore dollar

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Bank of Baroda

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Hasmukh adhia

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Sanjeev Chadha

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Fino Payments Bank Fino Point supports truck drivers and general public to carry out banking transactions with the Micro ATM and Adhaar enabled payment system

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Odense, Denmark It took place from October 13-18, 2020 It is the only world tour event in badminton which took place in 2020 Chou Tien Chen (from China) defeated India's Kidambi Srikanth in the Quaterfinals of Denamrk Open 2020

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Anders antonsen (Denmark) Runner up - Rasmus gemke (Denmark)

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Nozomi Okuhara (Japan) Runner up - Carolina Marin (Spain)

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Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge (England) Runner up - Vladamir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov (Russia)

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Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota (Japan) Runner up - Japan

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Mark lamsfuss and Isabel Herttrich (Germany) Runner up - England

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It was held virtually Indian shooters Elavenil Valarivan won the Gold Medal in the women's event. Shahu Tushar Mane won the silver medal in the men's event. The Championship was organised by the Bangladesh Shooting Sports Federation (BSSF)

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Gold Medal - Naoya Okada (Japan) Silver Medal - Shahu Tushar Mane (India)

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Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri He introduced "meaningful modernism" in Malayalam poetry. He is a recipient of Jnanpith Award (2019) which is India's highest literary honour. He also received the Padma Shri in 2017.

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John R. Reid He made his debut in 1949 and played around 58 tests. He retired in 1965. John R. Reid was honoured with the tag of the order of the British Empire for his service to cricket in 1962. He was also made. a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2014.

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October 17 It is observed to decrease the number of accidents in India and other countries around the world. The day was first observed in 2011 in New Delhi with The Trauma Society of South Africa joining the year after.

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In 2019, according to NCRB data nearly 1.5 lakh people died due to accidents in India. India records the highest number of road accident fatalities in the world at 25.3 per 10,000 people. One million people die every year in India and 20 million are hospitalised due to injuries.

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October 20 To celebrate the profession of chefs and educate people about healthy food globally. Theme - Healthy Food for the Future!

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Indian Federation of Culinary Associations (IFCA), Tamil Nadu is a nodal body of culinary professionals in India

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October 20 2020 marks the third World Statistics Day Theme of 2020 - "Connecting the world with Data we can trust" It will be celebrated across the world under the collaborative endeavour of the United Nations Statistics Commission

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June 29 To mark the birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis He was the founder of Indian National Statistical System

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Shigeru Kawasaki

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October 20 To raise awareness on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Osteoporosis. WOD 2020 campaign will feature "that's osteoporosis" as the headline. As part of WOD 2020, the Department of Orthopedics of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur organised a national webinar on "Fragility Fractures"

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Cyrus Cooper

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Nyon, Switzerland

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Anuj Mathur

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Gurugram, Haryana

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It is a 450m long bi lane tunnel on the road to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh

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44 Of these, maximum (10) are in Jammu & Kashmir, 8 in Ladakh, 2 in Himachal Pradesh, 4 in Punjab, 8 in Uttarakhand, 8 in Arunachal Pradesh and 4 in Sikkim,

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The Agnibaaz Division of the Southern Command of the Indian Army organised a joint exercise for both the Indian Army and Maharashtra Police at Lullanagar, Pune. Exercise is called "Suraksha Kavach- Joint Anti Terrorist Exercise" This was done for activating the the anti terrorist Quick Reaction Terms (QRTs)

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Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) The Rs.75 denomination coin is being released on the occasion of 75th anniversary of FAO. India has also developed 17 biofortified varieties of 8 crops that will be dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister and will have upto 3 times the nutritional value.

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Qu Dongyu The FAO is a specialised organisation of the United Nations. It leads global efforts to defeat world hunger and improve nutrition and food security.

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Mukesh Ambani His net worth this year has been increased USD 37.3 billion Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group - 2nd Shiv Nadar, Chairman of HCL Technologies - 3rd

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The list has been released by IIFL Wealth and Hurun India The list provides for ranking self made entrepreneurs aged 40 and under having a wealth of INR 1,000 crores. 1. Zerodha - Nithin (40) and Nikhil Kamath (34). They are the co founders of Zerodha, which is a trading platform. Their net worth is INR 24,000 crores 2. Divyank Turakhia (38) registered a networth of INR 14,000 crores. 3. Amod Malviya (39) along with other cofounders Sujeet Kumar and Vaibhav Gupta

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January 2018. It has also been reelected to the United nations security council for another three yea term. It has been elected for the 5th time since 2006.

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Geneva, Switxerland

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Elisabeth Tichy Fisslberger

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Nilesh Shah , MD of Kotak Mutual Fund He has been reelected as the Chairman

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Saurabh Nanavati, CEO of Invesco Mutual Fund

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A. Balasubramaniam, CEO of Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund

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Apollo Hospitals together they have launched - "The HealthyLifeProgram" It is exclusively for HDFC customers who get round the clock access to the emergency Apollo Doctor at free of cost

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Sasidhar Jagdishan

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Axis Bank and Google Pay This will allow the users of Google Pay to use their ACE credit cards to make payments through a secure digital token attached to their phone without the need to share their card details physically.

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Chongshen Mongkosungkum Chang Member of Nationalist democratic progressive party (NDPP) He was an MLA from Noksen

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October 14 It is annually celebrated by the members of the ---International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) - International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and - The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Theme of 2020 - Protecting the planet with standards

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BIS is the national standard body of India under the BIS Act, 2016. It was established in October 2017 HQ- New Delhi

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Pramod Kumar Tiwari

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Geneva, Switzerland

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Eddy Njoroge (Kenya)

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"Red Light on Gaadi Off" Campaign People under this campaign will be encouraged to turn off the ends of the vehicles while waiting at traffic signals Delhi Pollution Control Committee also issued directions to ban the use of diesel generators in Delhi under the Graded Response Action Plan. Experts suggest that even if 1 million of around 10 million vehicles registered in Delhi follow the campaign it can reduce PM10 by 1.5 tonnes a year and PM 2.5 by 0.4 tonnes a year

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Kerala has formed "Kerala Karshaka Kshemanidhi Board" (Kerala Farmers Welfare Fund Board) It is the first time that a welfare fund board has been formed for the upliftment of farmers. Farmers can become members of the board by paying registration fee of INR 100/- and a monthly fees of INR100/- The government will pay and equivalent share of upto INR 250/- to members. The benefits provided to the board members will include personal pension, family pension, sickness and disability benefits, etc.

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Dr P Rajendran

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Scheme provides financial assistance to Thalassemia patients. The beneficiaries are underprivileged Thalassemia patients who are eligible for bone marrow transplantation but lack financial support The program is funded by Coal India's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) It provides financial assistance ofINR 10 lakhs per Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) for 200 patients

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Dr Harsh Vardhan

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Ashwini Kumar Choubey

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Orissa It is an initiative to enable 24 hour supply of quality drinking water to all other areas of Orissa Orissa is Set to become the first state to provide piped water connection to all urban areas of the state by March 2022 The drink from tap Mission was launched in Salia Sahi, Bhubaneswar and Masanichandi, Puri

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Bhubaneswar

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Naveen Patnaik

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Ganeshi Lal

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USD 1 million This will support UNRWA's programmes and services including the education, health care, relief and social services

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Mahmoud Abbas

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Mohammed Shtayyeh

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Philippe Lazzarini

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Amman (Jordan) & Gaza (Palestine)

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It has jointly been awarded to two Americans - Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice. and one British born scientist - Michael Houghton for discovering the Hepatitis C Virus. The discovery has paved the way for Rapid development of antiviral drugs direct Hepatitis C. The disease for the first time in history can be cured.

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Thomas Perlmann

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The Nobel award comes with the gold medal and a prize money of 10 million Swedish Kronor (over USD 1,118,000)

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Half of the prize was given to Roger Penrose (UK) for his Discovery that black hole formation is resilient prediction of the general theory of relativity. The other half was given to Reinhard Genzel (Germany) and Andrea Ghez (USA) for their discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy

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Andrea Ghez 1. Marie Curie 2. Maria Goeppert Mayer 3. Donna Strickland

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It was jointly awarded to Emmanuel Charpentier of France and Jennifer A. Doudna of USA for the development of a method for genome editing namely- "CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors" This is the first time to women have joined the won the Nobel Prize in chemistry

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Researchers using these can transform the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high accuracy. This technology is now being used to to develop new cancer therapies and cure inherited diseases.

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Louis Gluck (American Poet) She made her a literary debut with her work "Firstborn", a collection of poems in 1968.

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Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in 1913 and became the first Indian and agent to win a nobel prize. He also became the first non European to win a Nobel Prize Rudyard Kipling - 1907 Sir Vidiadhar Suraj Naipaul (Indian Origin) - 2001

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United Nations World Food Programme(UNWFP) for its contribution to improving peace conditions in conflict affected areas

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Mother Teresa - 1979 She became the first Indian citizen to receive the award. Kailash satyarthi, the founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan won it in 2014 with Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan

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Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson for "imporvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats"

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Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

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Amrtya Sen - won the prize in 1998 and became the first asian to have been honoured with the award Abhijit Banerjee won the award in 2019

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Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

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Tapan Singhal

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Sameer Nigam

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Nijal Sarin (16 year old Indian) With this wins Sarin will qualify for the 2020 Chess Championship final which will feature the world's best players

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Rajan Debut - Sowbhagya Lakshmi 1952

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Shri Shobha Naidu

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October 15 The day is observed to recognise the role and contribution of rural women in agriculture and rural development. The day also seeks to promote gender equality and elimination of gender discrimination. The first international day of rural women was observed on October 15, 2008 Theme - Building Rural Women's Resilience in the wake of COVID 19

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Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka

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October 15 Theme - Hand Hygiene for all If you follow the recent Global initiative - Hand Hygiene for All Global Initiative, led by WHO and UNICEF

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John Barsa

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Washington DC

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Sania Mirza and Farhan Akhtar

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Mission Shakti The six month long campaign has two phases - "Mission Shakti" and "Operation Shakti" Mission Shakti features of awareness campaigns related to women safety. This is a week long campaign which will be launched every month to raise awareness among masses and sensitize people on the subject. Women nodal officers will be appointed in every district. They will raise awareness about help line numbers such as 1090, 181, 1076, 108 and 102 Operation Shakti is the second phase under which the police will prepare a register of persons that have served jail terms for crimes against women and have now come out.

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2022 If this target is achieved India would be a year ahead of the target set by by the World Health Organisation(WHO) the FSSAI had launched the "Eat Smart City" challenge in partnership with Smart City Mission and the Food Foundation, UK.

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59.6 years to 70.8 years in 2019 (though there exist inequalities in every state) In Kerala life expectancy increased 77.3 years In Uttar Pradesh life expectancy increased to 66.9 years

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It has been launched by the Ministry of culture. Under the Yojana all major schemes of the ministry were consolidated The four missions to the screen include:- - Gandhi Heritage Sites Mission (GHS) - National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA) - National Mission on Libraries (NML) and - National Mission on Manuscripts (NMM)

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14th session Indian food processing sector is 32% of India's food market Anna Devo Bhava Campaign - is an awareness campaign started by the Ministry of food processing industries to mark to Food and Agri Week. Search campaigns are required to raise awareness about the value of food and reduce food wastage.

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The report says that 19 might increase tuberculosis death by 0.2 to 0.4 million worldwide. As per the report India registered the decline in tuberculosis cases by 85% in April 2020 after the lockdown was imposed. But the number of tuberculosis there could be between 2,00,000 to 4,00,000 Philippines Indonesia and South Africa accounted for 44 % of the Global tuberculosis cases in the world.

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Ministry of law and Justice, communication and electronics and information technology The Minister highlighted the following initiatives taken by the Indian government for providing affordable and easy access to justice:- - Pro Bono Legal Services - Tele Law Services Initiated: It was launched in 2017 to provide legal aid through video conferencing to the poor. Over 3,44,000 free consultations have been given to people so far. - E courts and Virtual Courts: over 25 lakh hearings took place through video conferencing courts of India.

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8 Members 1. China 2. India 3. Kazakhstan 4. Kyrgyzstan 5. Pakistan 6. Russia 7. Tajikistan 8. Uzbekistan

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1. Afghanistan 2. Azerbaijan 3. Cambodia 4. Nepal 5. Sri Lanka 6. Turkey

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Vladimir Norov

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102nd WB Group has committed USD 45 billion for COVID 19 response

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David Robert Malpass

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Washington D.C., USA

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Anshula Kant

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October 17 Theme of 2020 - "Acting together to achieve social and environmental justice for all"

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The IDEP dates back to 1987. The day started being observed after Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed at the Trocadero in Paris in 1948 The day was inspired by "The Call to Action" by Father Joseph Wrensinski Joseph Wrensinski was born to immigrant parents in a poor neighbourhood in France and grew up under the chronic poverty. He urged the UN to declare the IDEP. He also founded the international movement ATD fourth world

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K chandrashekhar Rao

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Tamilisai Sounderajan

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Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS), Pothgal web portal It is both in Telugu and English and provides information of various services like paddy procurements and other figures, fixed deposits and lockers. it also provides data on projects like petrol bunks, godowns, food processing industries, ATMs, etc.

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NABARD (National bank for Agriculture and Rural Development)

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Govinda rajulu chintala

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Arundhati Roy It has been published by Penguin books Limited and is a nonfiction book

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Common service centre (CSC) The chatbot is expected to be used by 10 million people by August 2021 This has been done as part of the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan

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All physical facilities that deliver government e services at rural and remote location where access to computer and the internet is negligible

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It is an initiative of the government to provide digital literacy to 6 crore rural citizens. It is being implemented by Common Services Centres all across the country.

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It is an initiative by the government which aims to train 5,000 rural entrepreneurs on digital literacy in over 3,000 villagers across 10 Indian states.

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Mexico It issued such bond under its new "SDG Sovereign Bond Framework" This transaction allows Mexico to expand its investor base by accessing International Funds working towards sustainable economic development The demand for these bonds reached approximately USD 5.7 billion, equivalent 6.4 times the allocated amount with participation of 267 global investment firms.

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aka Global Goals They were adopted by the UN member states in its 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP-21) in Paris, France. The member states agreed on the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" on the pledge "Leave No one Behind" Terror total of 17 sustainable development goals These replaced the millennium development goals initiated in 2000.

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No poverty

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Zero Hunger

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Good Health and Well Being

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Quality Education

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Gender Equality

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Clean Water and Sanitation

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Affordable and Clean Energy

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Decent Work and Economic growth

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Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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Reduced Inequality

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Sustainable Cities and Communities

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Responsible Consumption and Production

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Climate Action

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Life Below Water

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Life on land

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Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

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Partnerships to achieve the goal

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Achim Steiner

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Mexican Peso

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Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

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Mexico City

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G20 EMM took place as part of the Sherpa Track for the G20 Leaders Summit. It was hosted virtually by Saudi Arabia. A program called the "Global Initiative to Reduce Land Degradation and Coral Programs" was launched.

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116th The 2020 Human Development Index. isa collaboration between the Human Development Practice Group and the Development Economics Group of the World Bank. the report was titled "The Human Development Capital Index 2020 Update: Human Capital in the Time of COVID19" Singapore topped the index (score: 0.88) followed by Hong Kong (0.81) and Japan (0.80) The Report 174 countries in areas of - child survival, expected years of school, harmonized test scores, fraction of children under 5 not stunted and adult survival

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Vikas Khanna Vikas Khanna launched the food distribution drive called "Feed India" which has distributed around 35 million meals. He partnered with the national disaster relief Force of India fore logistics and ground support.

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It was launched by Asia Society in 2010 bhai to honour individuals for the contribution to the future of Asia. The event will be hosted in October 2020 as a global virtual event from New York. Asia Society is a United States based non profit organisation.

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Milky Lee Produced the oscar winning film " Parasite"

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Naomi Osaka

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Ambassador Josette Sheeran

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New York, USA

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"Apna Ghar Dreamz" The credit amount ranges from INR 2 lakh to 50 lakhs The scheme targets the people of the informal sector without proper documents which are required to get a loan from a financial institution

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Suresh Raina

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Sudhir Kamath

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Sadashiv Raoji Patil

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General Moussa Traore He reigned over Mali for more than 22 years

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It has been launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, in partnership with the national Jal Jeevan Mission (NJJM), Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti It invites proposals from Indian tech startups, MSMEs etc. for a solution. It aims to make use of the internet of things technology to create a smart rural supply ecosystem. The challenge is supported by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), MEITY Startup Hub and Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) The pilot will be conducted at 100 villages. Winner - cash INR 50 lakh each Runner up - cash 20 lakh each

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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

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Rattan Lal Kataria

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Ravi Shankar Prasad

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Sanjay Dhotre

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New Delhi at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport the general aviation terminal is to handle the flight operations and movements through of private jets or chartered flights. It was built at a cost of INR 150 crores by Bird ExecuJet Airport Services Private Limited

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China The expert committee will be led by National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC) - Lt. General (retd) Rajeev Pant the committee will examine reports of digital surveillance on Prominent India Nationals, including the President, Army Chief, etc. (by the firm Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Information Technology Company Ltd.) the expert committee will submit its recommendation in 30 days. Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Information Technology Company Ltd is suspected to have links with the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government. It is suspected that the company was tracking 10000 Indian in IT Global database of foreign targets. The extracts were found in the Overseas Key Information Database (OKIB) The list included - the Prime Minister, Army Chief, , vice president president and key opposition leader

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Prime Minister

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Ajit Doval (also the national security advisor)

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Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa It was hosted by Maxim Parshim, Deputy minister of digital deployment of Russia. The meeting was hosted virtually. India was represented by Sanjay Dhotre

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Sanjay Dhotre

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Sanjay Dhotre The meeting was hosted by Russia the focus of the meet was to exchange views on combating terrorism and extremism

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Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

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10th meeting Theme : BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth

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Gujarat Students will receive. a subsidy of INR 12,000 each to buy escooters. The target is to provide assistance to 10,000 students The state government will also provide INR 48,000 for the purchase of 5,000 battery operated erickshaws for individual and institutional beneficiaries Subsidy scheme of rupees 5 lakh has also been introduced to setup infrastructure facilities for charging battery powered vehicles 10 public charging stations will be set up in Ahmedabad, Vadodra, Surat and Rajkot

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Gujarat Panchsheel gift is the announcement of five development schemes to commemorate the 70th birthday of PM.

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``` Ajay Tirkey (Secretary of the department of land resources under the ministry of rural development) ``` The Reform will lay out rights of landless farm workers were deprived of welfare benefits The proposed Framework will recognise the rights of landowners and cultivators and farm workers

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The national level annual award has been introduced in 2020. It comprises of a cash prize of INR 25,000, a badge and a certificate of excellence. This is aimed to recognise the outstanding teachers on every Engineer's day and to encourage them to update themselves on the current needs of Higher Education The committee that choses the winners was headed by Prem Vrat, Pro Chancellor, professor of eminence and chief mentor at the North Cap University, Gurugram This yea 12 faculty members from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved institutions were honoured virtually by Union Minister of Education

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Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

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It is a central Scheme for Promoting Interests, Creativity and Ethics among Students (SPICES)

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"A Promised Land"

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Singapore Followed by Helsinki (Finland) and Zurich (Switzerland) The Smart City Index 2020 is released by - Instituted for Management Development (IMD) (in collaboration with) - Singapore University for Technology and Desgin (SUTD) - Smart Cities Observatory (SCO) Four Indian cities, namely, - New Delhi Mumbai Hyderabad and Bangalore vertical Island to be listed in the index as the technological advancement and the setting is not up to date. The work of these ranking was led by IMD's Professor Arturo Bris.

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The SCI monitor the actual development of smart cities in all parts of the world. In 2020, 109 cities were ranked under which 120 citizens from each city were asked questions on the technological provisions of the city across five key areas:- - Health and Safety - Mobility - Activities - Opportunities and - Governance

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Lausanne (Switzerland) and Singapore

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Jean Francois Manzoni

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Canara Bank Inspiring Leads system includes facilities like mobile banking, SMS, etc

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L V Prabhakar

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September 18 This is the 11th World Bamboo Day Theme: BAMBOO NOW The objective of the day is to explore and exhibit bamboo as a sustainable green material. To do the same a bamboo festival was held. Around 80% of bamboo forest lie in Asia India China and Myanmar. China and Myanmar together have 19.8 million hectares of Bamboo India is the world's second largest cultivator of bamboo (after China)

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The day was in 2009 established by Mr Kamesh Salam, former President of world bamboo organisation, during the eighth world bamboo Congress, in Bangkok Thailand.

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Michelle Abadie

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FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) - SAM (Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas)

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Dr. Sangita Reddy

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Yoshihide Suga

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Japanese yen

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Shardul S Shroff

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It has been launched in Gujarat and the scheme for providing interest free loan of INR 1 lakh to women's groups. In this regard the government is planning to provide total lending of upto INR 1,000 crore to these groups to be registered as Joing Liability and Earning Groups (JLEG) consisting of 10 women members. 50,000 JLEGs will be formed in urbn areas and 50,000 in rural areas. Total of 10 lakh women are covered under scheme This scheme will be implemented in rural areas by Gujarat Livelihood Promotion Company and in urban areas by Gujarat Urban Livelihood Mission

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It is being celebrated by the Ministry of education from September 8 to September 25 to felicitate the teachers and to take the New Education Policy 2020 forward

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Narendra Singh Tomar, agriculture minister

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LEAF (Lawrencedale Agro Processing India) The State tops in the production of Mango, Lime, Tomato, Eggs, Banana, Chillies and Shrimp and second in production of groundnut, maize and paddy

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Epidemic diseases Amendment Bill, 2020 The bill also expands the powers of the central government to prevent the spread of such diseases It replaces the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance promulgated in April 2020. The bill makes harm, injury, hurt or danger to the life of any healthcare service profession a cognisable and non bailable offence imprisonment - from three months to five years and Fine: 50,000 to 2 lakh

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Amitabh Bachchan The first Indian celebrity to lend his voice to Alexa Amazon first used a celebrity voice when Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson made a debut on Alexa.

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Flumicino International Airport (FCO) The FCO is also known as the Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport. It is the busiest airport in Italy

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Sergio Mattrella

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Mathew Hayden, an Indian origin former cricketer and Lisa Singh

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Scott Morrison

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Australian Dollar

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Ashok Jacob. he has been reappointed as chair and will be joined by three new board members

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Oracle (instead of Microsoft)

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Margaret Atwood The award celebrates literature power to Foster peace, Social justice and global understanding.

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US diplomat who procured the 1995 Bosnian peace accords

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1 year by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The tenure of the committee has now been extended to 2021. It was constituted in September 2019 It is headed by Rajesh Verma At the time when the committee was formed Injeti Srinivas was the chairman

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Rajesh Verma

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Ministry of Corporate Affairs in September 2019 constituted the committee to recommend measures to improve and enhance the functioning of the National Company Law Tribunal.

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Customers (Administration of Rules of Origin Under Trade Agreements) Rules, 2020. (CAROTAR) The rules have been notified under the powers conferred under S.156, read with S.28DA of the Customs Act, 1962 A period of 30 days is provided to importers and other stakeholders to familiarise themselves with the new provisions. The new rules provide more power to the customs authorities in checking any attempted misuse of the duty concessions under FTAs A free trade agreement is a pact between two or more nations to reduce barriers of tarrif, quotas, subsidies or prohibition on imports and exports.

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September 19 It is celebrated in hundred country since 1986. The movement was started by Linda Maraniss & Kathy O'Hara.

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``` Shivrajpur - Gujarat Ghoghla 0 Daman & Diu Kasargod and Padubidri beach - Karnataka Kappad beach - Kerala Rushikonda - Andhra Pradesh Golden Beach - Orissa Radhanagar Beach - Andaman & Nicobar ```

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The Bue flag is given by Copehangen based Foundation for Environment Education (FEE). It is the World's largesr Environmental Education Organisation In order to qualify for the prestigious label The beaches have to meet a series of stringent environmental, educational and safety related and access related criteria.

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BEAMS (Beach Environment & Aesthetics Management Services) with an aim to reduce pollution and to maintain high standards of cleanliness, safety for beach goers in accordance with coastal environmental regulations. Society of Integrated Coastal Management (SICOM), Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched the BEAMS program

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September 18 It was observed globally for the first time in 2020. The Equal Pay International Coalition is to host a virtual global call to action to encourage all labour market actors to take necessary steps to ensure that equal pay is at the heart of all recovery efforts world wide. On November 15, 2019 in the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly, the Un adopted a resolution proclaiming September 18 to the the International Equal Pay Day. The resolution was co sponsored by a total of 105 member states.

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Anil Dhasmana (former chief of Research and Analysis Wing) He succeeds Satish Chandra Jha (former Intelligence Bureau officer )

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it is a technical intelligence agency that is responsible for geo spatial intelligence and satellite imagery It is under the National Security Advisor, PMO Headquarters - Delhi

Answer 681

Helicopter stream of the Indian Navy Observers (Airborne Tacticians) They would be the first women officers who would serve as airborne combatants who would be operating a warship. The two women are :- - Sub Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and - Sub Lieutenant Riti Singh

Answer 682

It is a first of its kind helmet like ventilation device and it is designed to help patients breathe more conveniently. It is a low cost device to help COVID 19 patients. It has been developed by 7 engineering students from IIT, Bhubhaneshwar.

Answer 683

Dr. Gopal Krishna Nayak

Answer 684

Malipada, Bhubhaneshwar

Answer 685

The project. isto be implemented by the MEIT. It will connect 45,945 villages in the state. It has been launched in Bihar.

Answer 686

Nitish Kumar

Answer 687

Phagu Chauhan

Answer 688

more than 272 (so far, as per Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) The scheme was launched in 2018. The Ministry also announced that the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction has been formulated and is being implemented.

Answer 689

Ministry of Women and Child Development The Anganwadi worker maybe designated as DHATRI - Dedicated Health Activist to Replenish the Innutrition, who is providing ayurvedic nutrition at the ground level.

Answer 690

TATA Group The test is called CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats Test) by deploying a specially adapted Cas9 protein It was designed by the scientists of CSIR-IGIB (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology)

Answer 691

Dr. Anurag Agrawal

Answer 692

Natarajan Chandrasekaran

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