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Festivals 07 Grand Prixs 38

Yatras 07 Digital Contactless Payments 41

Target Years 08 Essential products deliveries 45

Schemes 10 Exercises 46

Renamed News 16 Women in News 47

Vessels 17 Oscar Award 48

Missiles 19 Grammy Award 50

BET Awards 21 Emmy Award 52

One Nation One ration Card 22 Venice Flim Festival 53

Reliance Jio Stakes 23 50th Kerala State Film Awards 54

Reliance Retail Stakes 25 Padma Awards 56

Summits 26 Sports Awards 58

Tunnel 29 Highlights of Independence Day 62

Bridge 29 Nobel Prize 67

Highway, Rail corridor & 31 Republic Day 68

Ropeway

Jal Jeevan Mission 32 Budget 69

Brand Ambassadors 33 GI Tag 75

President Appointments 35 Cyclone 76

Prime Minister Appointments 36

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 COVID-19 NEWS

Covid 19 App, WebPortals and 77 Masks 98

Initiatives

Robots 90 Personal Protective Equipments 99

Ventilators 91 Face Shields and Helmets 100

Covid 19 Test Related News 93 Web Portal 100

Band 96 Finance on Covid 101

Apps 96

SECTIONAL TOPICS

Important days 108 Acquisition and Mergers 234

Sports 124 Books and Authors 234

Obituary 137 Appointments 242

Ranking 151 Science and Technology 276

Awards 185 International Affairs 296

Banking and Finance 204 National Affiairs 307

Business and Economy 227

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SPECIAL TOPICS
FESTIVALS

Festival State

Raja Parba
Odisha
Nuakhai’

Aadi monsoon festival Tamil Nadu

National traditional paddy cultivation

Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
festival

first-ever state Dragonfly Festival

Kerala
Festival of Onam

‘Anna Utsav’ (food grains festival) Madhya Pradesh

Ashadhi Ekadashi festival Maharashtra

Mera Houchongba festival Manipur

YATRAS

Yatra State/UT

Rath Yatra
Odisha
Snana Yatra

Char Dham Yatra

Uttarakhand
Lokajat Yatra

Vaishno Devi yatra Jammu and Kashmir

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 Target Years
2020-21
 The government – food grain production target at a record 301 million tonnes
for 2020-21
 Odisha - set the target to provide high-speed internet connectivity to all Gram
Panchayats in phases by April 2021
2022
 Narendra Modi - India will increase its existing clean energy capacity of 134
GW to 220 GW by 2022
 Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary – the Government aims
to double the income of farmers by 2022
 Indian Railways - to cover all wagons under radio-frequency identification
tags for tracking—2022
 The Airports Authority of India (AAI) - to upgrade runways at seven airports
across the country by March 2022
 Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu - India must be Aatmanirbhar in every
sense of the word by 2022
 Health Minister - the aim of the government is to make India Trans Fat free by
2022
2023
 Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav – capitals of North-Eastern states will be
connected to the rail network by 2023
 Railways - roll out - 151 private train services by 2027 - 12 trains by 2023.
 Railways - Private train operations in the country will begin by April 2023
 Union minister Jitendra Singh = the Katra-Delhi Express road corridor to be
completed by 2023
 Railway - to complete 100 % electrification of its broad gauge routes by 2023
 The Maldives - to have eliminated both measles and rubella in 2023
 Sri Lanka - to have eliminated both measles and rubella in 2023

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 D V Sadananda Gowda - India will be self-reliant in the production of fertilizers
by 2023
 Japan - New space defence unit- to monitor, counter threads to the country’s
satellites- fully operational by 2023
2024
 Indian railways - timeline to introduce first passenger train run by private
operators by 2024
 UAE - plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024
 AAI - to develop at least 100 airports, waterdromes and heliports by 2024
 DV Sadananda Gowda - Indian pharma sector can grow to 65 billion dollar
industry by 2024
2025
 The government - increase the public health expenditure - 2.5 per cent of the
nation's GDP by 2025.
 The National Highways Authority of India = the timeline for 23 expressways,
new highways coming up by March 2025
 PM Modi - India to grow oil refining capacity to 450 million tonnes by 2025
2030
 Indian Railways - to transform itself as 'Net Zero' Carbon Emission Mass
Transportation Network by 2030
 Union petroleum and steel minister Dharmendra Pradhan - double refining
capacity - 450-500 million ton by 2030
 Pralhad Joshi - India aims to achieve 100 MT coal gasification target by 2030
 Indian Railways – to meet all it's energy needs of more than 33 billion units by
2030
2050
 Japan - to target zero emissions by 2050 to fight climate change
2060
 China - aim to stop pumping additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by
2060
Others

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 Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers - India will be self-sufficient in Active
Pharmaceutical Ingredients production in next 2 years
 Minister of Railways - Piyush Goyal - Railways - 100% electrified in 3.5 years
 Coal India arm Western Coalfields Ltd - 100million tonnes production by
2026-27 -setup 20 more mines in next 4years
 The Central government - aim to cover the Nation's length and breadth in
optic fibres within 2 years
 India - manufacturing hub – Electric Vehicles – 5 yrs
 Jammu and Kashmir - construction of one lakh dwelling units - next 5 years.
 Egypt - to become self-sufficient in petroleum products within 3 years
SCHEMES
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES
 Defence Ministry - ‘Chhavni COVID: Yodha Sanrakshan Yojana’ - Rs. 5 lakh
insurance Coverage
 Ministry of Housing and Urban + SIDBI - PM Street Vendor’s AatmaNirbhar
Nidhi scheme
 Govt – ‘Karmayogi yojana’ – skill development of civil servants
 Narendra Modi - 'Kisan Suryodaya Yojana' at Gujarat - providing day-time
electricity to the farmers in the state for irrigation and farming purposes
 Dr. Harsh Vardhan - a Scheme There are SERB – POWER Fellowship and
SERB – POWER Research Grants designed exclusively for women scientists -
POWER - Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research

STATES
Andhra Pradesh
 Hands over Rs.10, 000 to each of 2, 62,000 auto and cab drivers under a state
YSR VAHANA MITRA welfare scheme.
 Andra Pradesh – Rs.10, 000 - 'Jagananna Chedodu' scheme - tailors, barbers
and washer men.
 YSR Kapu Nestham scheme-to provide financial assistance to women of
Kapu community-Rs.15, 000/year

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 Andhra Pradesh - 'YSR Cheyuta' – Women
 Andhra Pradesh - YSR Sampoorna Poshana scheme and YSR Sampurna
Poshana plus scheme – provide nutritious food to pregnant women, lactating
mothers and Children
 Andhra Pradesh - YSR Aasara – for reimbursing the outstanding loans of Self-
Help Groups (SHGs) in the state
 Andhra Pradesh - YSR Jala Kala scheme - drill borewells in the arid and
uplands in the State and will also provide free motors to small and marginal
farmers
 Andhra Pradesh - YSR Nirman and COVID-19 portals
 ‘Andhra Pradesh - Jagananna Vidya Deevena’ Scheme - money will be
directly credited into the accounts in four installments every year.
 Andhra Pradesh - YSR Bima scheme by providing insurance cover- 18-50
years is ₹5 lakh and 51-70 years ₹3 lakh(Accident)
 Andhra Pradesh - 'Jagananna YSR Badugu Vikasam' for SC, ST entrepreneurs
 Andhra Pradesh – Jagananna Vidya Kanuka - providing free kits to students
studying in government schools from Class 1 to 10 ahead of the academic -
Rs. 650 Crore
Assam

 Assam - Arunodoi scheme - to provide financial assistance to around 17

lakh families

 Assam - SVAYEM - Swami Vivekananda Assam Youth Empowerment Scheme

- self-employment to around 2 lakh youths of state - provide 50 thousand
rupees each
 Assam - Mukhyamantri Grammya Paribahan Achoni scheme & distributed
vehicles
 Assam - a scheme to provide cash value of ‘tola’ (nearly 10 gm) of gold to
newlywed brides from economically backward families

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 Assam - provide Rs 40,000 to girls from families with an annual income of
less than Rs 5 lakh
 Assam - a 3% interest subvention per year will be provided to those tea
gardens
 Assam - a subsidy of Rs 7 per kg of ‘orthodox’ tea.
 Assam - ‘Paryatan Sanjeevani Scheme’ - to provide loan to entrepreneurs for
venturing in tourism sector
 Assam - Dhanwantari scheme for home delivery of medicines
 Assam - “Swa-nirbhar Naari: Atmanirbhar Asom” scheme - empower the
economically disadvantaged women of the State
Bihar
 Bihar - PM - 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' - boost livelihood of workers
 Bihar – 30 different schemes of irrigation and flood protection worth Rs
1469.73 crore

Chhattisgarh
 “Godhan Nyay Yojana”-to procure Cow Dung from livestock owners.
 Chhattisgarh - procure cow-dung at Rs 2 per kilogram under the scheme
‘Gaudhan Nyay Yojana’
 Chhattisgarh - ‘Mukhyamantri Suposhan Yojana’ - combat malnutrition in
state.
 Chhattisgarh - Saheed Mahendra Karma Tendupatta Sangrahak Samajik
Suraksha Yojana - Tendupatta collectors
 Chhattisgarh - Padhai Tuhar Para scheme - to teach children with the help of
community in their localities and villages
 Chhattisgarh - 'Mukhyamantri Slum Swasthya Yojana' - launch in urban areas
under which people will be provided health facilities at their doorstep
GUJARAT

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 Gujarat - Aatmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojana - small shop keepers - self-
employed - hit by the lockdown - collateral free loan under this scheme – 1
Lakh.
 Gujarat - Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana - The Current Kharif season
 Gujarat -Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana (MMUY) — a scheme of
providing interest-free loans to women’s groups in the state
 Gujarat - a subsidy scheme to encourage use of electric vehicles
 Gujarat - 'Surya Gujarat'- solar rooftop scheme to encourage installation of
green energy generation technology
HIMACHAL PRADESH

 Himachal Pradesh - “Mukhya Mantri Shahari Rojgar Guarantee Yojna” -

provide an assistance - Rs.2000 - 1 lakh workers - registered under the
Building and Other Construction Workers Board
 Himachal Pradesh – Panchavati Yojana – Senior Citizens
JHARKHAND

 Jharkhand - three schemes

 Birsa Harit Gram Yojana.
 Neelambar Pitambar JAL Sammridhi Yojana .
 Veer Sahid Poto Ho Khel Vikas Scheme.
 Mukhyamantri SHRAMIK(Shahri Razgar Manjuri For Kamgar)Yojana- to
enhance livelihood security for urban poor.
Karnataka
 Karnataka - Weavers' Sammaan Yojana
Madhya Pradesh
 “Shram Siddhi Abhiyan”- to give work to every unskilled worker in rural areas.
 Madhya Pradesh - Mukhymantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana - farmers’ families--will
get Rs 4,000 in two equal instalments

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 Madhya Pradesh - an interest-free loan amount of 10 thousand rupees each in
accounts of rural street vendors
 Madhya Pradesh - elephant adoption scheme in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
 Madhya Pradesh - ‘Chief Minister COVID-19 Yoddha Kalyan Yojana’ - benefit
Anganwadi workers & Assistants
 Madhya Pradesh - Jeevan Amrit Yojana- a unique scheme to boost immunity
system of citizens of the state.
Maharashtra
 Maharashtra - a new road accident insurance scheme - to provide timely
treatment to victims
Manipur
 Manipur - Major Laishram Jotin Singh ex-gratia scheme - residents killed
while serving in central forces - Amount Rs. 5 lakh

Odisha
 Scheme to Solarise Konark sun temple & Konark town-at Odisha.
 Odisha – Balaram - to provide agricultural credit to landless farmers who are
facing hardships due to the coronavirus outbreak.
 Odisha - a new scheme to promote intensive Aquaculture through bio-floc
technology in fisheries
 Odisha - GARIMA scheme - Core sanitation workers
Punjab

 Punjab - to launch to scheme to distribute smartphones among youth

 Punjab - post-matric scholarship scheme for students belonging to the
Scheduled Castes category
Rajasthan
 Rajasthan - ‘Indira Rasoi Yojana’ - to provide quality nutritious food to the
poor at Rs.8
Tamil Nadu

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 Started implementing an Rs.300-crore Rural Rejuvenation Scheme to ensure
sustained economic growth in rural areas
 Tamil Nadu Government - A Free Mask Distribution Scheme - To All Ration
Cardholders.
 Tamil Nadu - scheme to provide stipend to young advocates - Rs 3,000
 Tamil Nadu – the Smart Black Board scheme in 80,000 government schools
to ensure better teaching environment
Tripura

 Tripura - Mukhyamantri Yuba Yogayog Yojana - online portal

scholarships.gov.in nal

 Mukhyamantri Matru Pushti Uphaar-to provide nutrition kits to pregnant and

lactating women.
Uttar Pradesh
 Uttar Pradesh - ‘Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana’ – Child Labours
 Uttar Pradesh - a life insurance scheme under which an incentive amount of
Rs 75,000 will be provided to the doctors discharging Covid-19 duties

Uttarakhand
 Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana- for returnee migrants
 Uttarakhand - Saubhagyavati Yojana - provide special kits with essential
items for “proper care and nourishment” of pregnant women and newborns in
the state
West Bengal
 “Sneher Porosh” - to support migrant worker
 “Prochesta” - to support daily wages workers
 West Bengal - 'Matir Smristi' – utilise 50,000-acre barren land in 6 districts -
income-generating activities like horticulture and pisciculture
 West Bengal - 'Karma Sathi Prakalpa' scheme - to provide soft loans,
subsidies to youth

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 Jammu & Kashmir
 Jammu & Kashmir - Market Intervention Scheme to facilitate the
stakeholders by providing valuable marketing platform and ensuring optimum
prices to the apple growers

 PFC + JKPCL - Liquidity Infusion Scheme under “Aatmanirbhar Bharat

Abhiyaan” for the Jammu and Kashmir – Rs 2790 crore

RENAMED NEWS
 Agriculture Minister - inaugurate the new IARI, Assam - will be named after
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
 Punjab - to name its new stadium to be named after Maharaja Yadavindra
Singh
 Northrop Grumman - NG-14 Cygnus spacecraft – named as ‘S.S. Kalpana
Chawla’

Previous Name Updated Name State/UT

Alandur station 'Arignar Anna Alandur Tamil Nadu

Metro'

Central Metro 'Puratchi Thalaivar Dr M G Tamil Nadu

Ramachandran Central
Metro'

CMBT station 'Puratchi Thalaivi Dr J Tamil Nadu

Jayalalithaa CMBT Metro.

Manduadih railway 'Banaras' Uttar Pradesh

station

Environment 'Environment and Maharashtra

Climate Change

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 ministry Ministry'

Mughal museum Chhatrapati Shivaji Uttar Pradesh

Maharaj Museum

Agriculture Agriculture Jammu & Kashmir

Production Production &
Department Farmer Welfare
Department

Central Institute of Central Institute of Tamil Nadu

Plastics Engineering Petrochemicals
& Technology Engineering & Technology

The Gwalior- Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Chambal Expressway Chambal Progressway

HRD Ministry Education Ministry

Headquarters in Mary W.Jackson USA

Washington D.C.,

Kolkata Port Syama Prasad West Bengal

Mookerjee Port

Natak Akademi ‘Sunanda Samman Odisha

award

Pravara Rural Loknete Dr Balasaheb Ahmednagar,

Vikhe Patil Pravara
Education Society Maharashtra
Rural Education
Society
VESSELS NEWS

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 Rajnath Singh - commissioned - Indian Coast Guard Ship “Sachet” –
Developed by Goa Shipyard Limited.
 Indian Navy Commissions 7th MK IV landing crafts utility-IN LCU L57-
Delivered in Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Shipyard ltd
 Garden Reach Ship builders +Engineers Ltd (GRSE) = ICGS Kanaklata Barua,
the fifth and final ship in the series of Fast Patrol Vessels (FPV) for the Indian
Coast Guard.
 ICGS Priyadarshini
 ICGS Annie Beasant
 ICGS Amit Kaur
 ICGS Kamala Devi
 ICGS Kanaklata Barua
 Indian Navy - Quarantine Camp - INS Vishwakarma - Eastern Naval Command
(ENC) - Indian nationals being evacuated from COVID-19 affected Countries.
 Indian Coast Guard – launched Offshore Patrol Vessel ‘Sarthak’ – developed
by Goa Shipyard Limited
 Indian Coast Guard - Interceptor Boat ICGS C-454 launched at Surat. –
developed by Larsen & Toubro
 Defence Ministry - commissions ICGS Sachet & Two interceptor Boats ( C-
450 & c-451)
 The Indian Coast Guard - Interceptor boat C-449 for East Region - Larsen &
Toubro(Developed)
 The Indian Coast Guard – Offshore Patrol Vessel – ICGS Varad
 ICGS VIKRAM
 ICGS VIJAYA
 ICGS VEERA
 ICGS VARARLA
 ICGS VARAD

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  ICGS VAJRA
 ICGS VIGRAHA
 China -the first ship ofType-054 class frigate – to Pakistan
 ‘INS Kavaratti’ - The last of four indigenously-built Anti-Submarine Warfare
(ASW) stealth corvettes is scheduled to be commissioned into the Indian
Navy – built by GRSE
 DRDO - medium altitude long endurance indigenous prototype drone Rustom-
2 - Chitradurga, Karnataka
MISSILES
MISSILE NAME LAUNCHED RANGE

A laser weapon USA

Qasem Soleimani ballistic 1,400 Km

missile

The Abu Mahdi Muhandis 1,000 kilometres

Iran
missile

Avanced missile defense Israel + The U.S. Missile

system Arrow-2 Defense Agency
interceptor

sea-to-sea missile system Israel

Hypersonic Technology Odisha

Demonstrator Vehicle
(HSTDV)

ABHYAS - High-speed Balasore in Odisha.

Expendable Aerial Target

laser-guided anti-tank Ahmednagar , upto 5 km

guided missile Maharashtra

Prithvi-2 ballistic missile Balasore , Odisha 350 km

BrahMos supersonic Odisha more than 400-km

cruise missile

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new version of nuclear- Odisha around 800 kms
capable Shaurya missile

SMART torpedo system Odisha

tactical anti-radiation Odisha 100 to 200-km

missile Rudram 1

naval version of INS Chennai

the BrahMos supersonic
cruise missile

anti-tank guided Chandipur in Odisha

missile 'Dhruvastra'

a series of anti-ship North Arabian sea

missiles(Pakistan)

nuclear-capable Prithvi-2 Chandipur near Balasore 350 Km

missile in Odisha.

BrahMos supersonic INS Chennai

cruise missile

Stand-off Anti-tank Odisha

(SANT) Missile

the final user trial of the Pokhran desert , Rajasthan

third-generation anti-tank
guided missile Nag

Indian Navy's anti-ship INS Prabal

missile

anti-ship missile (AshM) INS Kora

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an air launched version of Bay of Bengal 400 km
the BrahMos supersonic
cruise missile

Shaurya Odisha 700 km to 1000 km

The Nirbhay subsonic Odisha

cruise missile

new Zircon hypersonic Russia 1,000 kilometers

cruise missile

intercontinental ballistic North Korea

missiles named Monster

unmanned aerial vehicle the coast of Sanriku in

SeaGuardian northeastern Japan

20th Annual BET Awards 2020

Video of the year “Higher” DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend

Best R&B/pop artist Best Lizzo

female

Best male Chris Brown

Best hip-hop artist Best Megan Thee Stallion

female

Best male DaBaby

Best new artist Roddy Ricch

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Best group Migos

Album of the year Roddy Ricch, “Please Excuse Me for Being

Antisocial”

Humanitarian Beyonce
Award

ONE NATION ONE RATION CARD SCHEME

28 states/UTs

States - 24

 Tamil Nadu
 Arunachal Pradesh
 Andhra Pradesh
 Bihar
 Goa
 Gujarat
 Haryana
 Himachal Pradesh
 Jharkhand
 Kerala
 Karnataka
 Madhya Pradesh
 Maharashtra
 Mizoram
 Odisha
 Punjab

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  Rajasthan
 Sikkim
 Telangana
 Tripura
 Uttar Pradesh
 Manipur
 Nagaland
 Uttarakhand

Union Territories – 4

 Jammu and Kashmir

 Lakshadweep
 Ladakh
 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

RELIANCE JIO STAKES

COMPANY STAKE % INVESTMENT Headquarters

AMOUNT(Rs)

Menlo Park,
FACEBOOK 9.99% 43,574 Cr
California, United
States

33,737 Cr Mountain View,

GOOGLE 7.7%
California, United
States

Austin, Texas,
VISTA
United States

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 New York, New
KKR
York, United States
2.32% 11,367 Cr

Riyadh, Saudi
PUBLIC
Arabia
INVESTMENT FUND
( PIF)

SILVER LAKE 2.08% 10,202.55 Cr Menlo Park,

California,
United States

Abu Dhabi, United

MUBADALA 1.85% 9,093.60 Cr
Arab Emirates

GENERAL 1.34% 6,598.38 Cr New York, New

ATLANTIC York, United States

ABU DHABI 1.16% 5,683.50 Cr Abu Dhabi, United

INVESTMENT Arab Emirates
AUTHORITY (ADIA)

4,546.80 Cr San Francisco,

TEXAS PACIFIC 0.93%
California, United
GROUP (TPG)
States

L CATTERTON Greenwich,
Connecticut, United
0.39% 1,894.50 Cr
States

Santa Clara,
INTEL
California, United

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 States

730 Cr San Diego,

QUALCOMM 0.15%
California , United
VENTURES
States

RELIANCE RETAILS STAKE

COMPANY STAKE % INVESTMENT Headquarters

AMOUNT(Rs)

SILVER LAKE 1.75% 7,500 Cr Menlo Park,

California,
United States

KKR 1.28% 5,550 Cr New York, New

York, United
States

GENERAL 0.84% 3675 cr New York, New

ATLANTIC York, United
States

Abu Dhabi, United

MUBADALA 1.4% 6247.5 Cr
Arab Emirates

TEXAS PACIFIC 0.41% 1837.5 cr San Francisco,

GROUP (TPG) California,
United States

GIC 1.22% 5512.5 cr Singapore

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 SUMMITS

International Summits

 G7 summit- postponed- by US president Donalt trump

 BRICS & SCO summits- held in Russia- got postponed
 26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties summit (COP 26) –rescheduled
November 2021- in UK’s Glasgow.
 36th ASEAN Summit-via video conference - at Vietnam –“ Cohesive and
Responsive ASEAN”
 India-EU summit - July 15 - Narendra Modi(Participated)
 The G20 Digital Minister's meeting - THEME-"Realizing Opportunities of the
21st Century for All" - Union Minister of Information Technology Ravi Shankar
Prasad
 17th meeting of India-Vietnam Joint Commission held via video-conference –
2 MoUs
 Russia - 10th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives on National Security
 India + the United States = bilateral 2+2 inter-sessional meeting
 Rajnath Singh - to represent India at Shanghai Cooperation Organization
meeting - Moscow, Russia
 India - the meeting of Council of Heads of Government of Shanghai
Cooperation Organization on 29-30 November 2020
 India + US + Japan + Australia = virtual meeting under the framework of
Quadrilateral coalition or "Quad - focusing on ways to promote peace,
security, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.
 G20 Leaders' Summit - November 21-22 in 2020 - Theme – "Realising
opportunities of the 21st century for all"
 India + France + Australia = first trilateral dialogue with focus on Indo-Pacific

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 India + Australia- Bilateral Virtual summit on June4- at New delhi.
 The third annual Indo-Pacific Business Forum - Hanoi, Vietnam -October 28
and 29
 India - hosts virtual Summit of Ministers of Justice of Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation - Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad participated
 India - participate in 18th edition of the meeting of Prosecutors General of
SCO via video conference -Representing India, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta
 India - the Chairmanship of the Governing Body of International Labour
Organization
 India - 19th Meeting of SCO Ministers of Foreign Economy & Foreign Trade
 Russia - host 5th BRICS Young Diplomats Forum to build bonding
 India + UK - establish a bilateral Sustainable Finance Forum - 10th India-UK
Economic and Financial Dialogue
 Russia - BRICS Parliamentary Forum to be held in virtual format
 External Affairs Ministry - The 8th India-Mexico Joint Commission Meeting
was held through Video-Conference
 12th edition of BRICS Summit – November 17 –“BRICS Partnership for Global
Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth”.
 2021 Davos summit - Lucerne, Switzerland - The World Economic Forum
announced - Theme : "The Great Reset"
National Summits
 22nd meeting of Financial Stability & Development Council (FSDC) - through
video conferencing- in New delhi- chaired- Nirmala Sitharaman.
 49th Governing Council Meeting of National Productivity Council-Video
conferencing-Chairmanship: Ministry of commerce & Industry.
 Narendra Modi - address the Valedictory of the High-Level Segment of the UN
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) – Theme - "Multilateralism after
COVID19: What kind of UN do we need at the 75th anniversary”.

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 The Confederation of Indian Industry - a virtual Tea Conclave - 1st September
to 30th November. Tagline - Chai Piyo Swasth Raho.
 India Business Council – 45th India Ideas Summit 2020 - Focus: Building a
Better Future
 Narendra Modi - address at USISPF 3rd Annual Leadership Summit - "US-
India Navigating New Challenges"(Theme)
 Narendra Modi - inaugurate a virtual summit on artificial intelligence 'RAISE
2020' - ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020'
 Narendra Modi - inaugurate the Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV)
Summit
 Narendra Modi - address 75TH United Nations General Assembly. – Theme -
The Future we want, the United Nations we need, reaffirming our collective
commitment to multilateralism - confronting the COVID-19 through effective
multilateral action
 5th edition of India + US - CEO Forum - telephonic conference
 The Cycling Summit 2021 – Host in Bangalore, Delhi , Mumbai
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi - took part - the online Summit - Non Aligned
Movement Contact Group – Theme - United against COVID-19
 Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - Participated-Russia-India-China trilateral
virtual conference
 Shripad Naik inaugurates – 5th Conference - Aerospace and Defence
Manufacturing Technologies.
 World Solar Technology Summit - September 8 - Hosted by Indian Solar
Alliance and FICCI
 Bangaluru, Karnataka - Annual commanders' conclave
 Vice-President - 4th edition of CII global Ayurveda summit - “Immunity
through Ayurveda”
 Harsh Vardhan - Represent India-at WHO’s 73rd World Health Assembly.

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 External Affairs Ministry - inaugural session of the Intra-Afghan negotiations -
Doha, Qatar
 ShriKirenRijiju - participated in the Y20 Global Summit
 Nirmala Sitharaman - participated 102th meeting of the World Bank
Development Committee Plenary through video conference
 Narendra Modi - the national conference on vigilance and anti-corruption -
vigilant India, prosperous India(Theme)
 New Delhi, Delhi - 4-day Commanders’ Conference of Indian Army
 Narendra Modi - inaugural address at 4th India Energy Forum CERAWeek -
"India's Energy Future in a world of Change(Theme)
 Suresh Prabhu - The India Bamboo Forum - give boost to the bamboo sector
 Narendra Modi - inaugurate Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit
Tunnel
 Nitin Gadkari - 440 mtr-long tunnel under Chardham Pariyojana- in Chamba,
Uttarakhand
 Narendra Modi - Atal Tunnel in Rohtang, Himachal Pradesh - The 9.02 km
long tunnel
 The Central government – in -principle approval - construction of an
underwater tunnel - Brahmaputra river in Assam - 14.85 km long tunnel
 Strategic Z-Morh tunnel in Kashmir - completed by Jun 2021.The length of
the tunnel - 6.5 km.
 Narendra Modi - inaugurate world’s longest highway tunnel ‘Atal Tunnel’ -
Rohtang, Himachal Pradesh - 9.02-kilometre long tunnel
 Rajnath Singh - the foundation stone of the Nechiphu Tunnel in West
Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh - 450m length
 Kerala - the Anakkampoyil- Kalladi-Meppadi tunnel - connecting Kozhikode
and Wayanad - length 6.8 km
Bridge
 Union minister Nitin Gadkari - major bridge across Pranahita river in
Maharashtra - Rs 168 crore - 855 metre

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 Union minister Nitin Gadkari - 630 metre high level bridge across the Indravati
River in Maharashtra - Rs 248 crore
 Union minister Nitin Gadkari - 30 Metre high-level bridge near Lankachen in
Maharashtra
 Narendra Modi - Kosi rail mega bridge in Bihar - 1.9 km – construction cost -
Rs 516 crore
 Devika Bridge-Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir-built across Devika river -
Jitendra singh - e-inaugurated – 10 m long
 Bihar - Rs. 263 crore – bridge – Across Gandak River
 100 ft bridge-on Munsyari Milam Road near Indo-China border in Pithogarh-
The Border Road Organization rebuild
 Minister of State for Home - the new ‘Cable Stayed Bridge’ constructed
across Durgam Cheruvu Lake, Telangana - 426 metre - 52 stay cables.
 India’s first glass floor suspension bridge - River Ganga in Rishikesh,
Uttarakhand
 Jitendra singh - e-inaugurated - 50-meter-long Puneja Bridge constructed by
BRO - Rs 4 Crore at Bhaderwah in Doda District, Jammu
 The Indian Railways - the world's tallest pier bridge across river Ijai in
Manipur - height of 141 metre
 BRO - build bridge to connect Kasowal enclave along Pak border to rest of
India – In Punjab – 484 Metre Long – Across Ravi river
 Indian Railways’ Anji Khad Bridge - The country’s “first cable-stayed” Indian
Railways bridge – Jammu & Kaashmir - 473.25 metres length
 Union minister Nitin Gadkari - Keerian-Gandial Bridge - river Ravi - Jammu &
Kashmir - 1.210 Km Long
 Union minister Nitin Gadkari - refurbished upstream carriageway of Mahatma
Gandhi bridge over river Ganga in Bihar - 5,750 metres long

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 Highway, Rail corridor & Ropeway

 Defence Minister - inaugurates - new road - Kailash Mansarovar – Distance of

80 Km.
 NHAI – 1900 Cr - HCC + Dilip Buildcon - contract for design and construction -
22-km road to link Jharkhand and Bihar (over ganga river).
 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari - ₹8,250 crore – Chambal Expressway could be a
game changer for the poor and tribal living in far-flung areas of Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
 The central government - Rs 574.16 crore - national highwayworks in Jammu
and Kashmir
 West Bengal - IRB Infrastructure has secured a Rs 2,193-crore highway project
 Union minister Nitin Gadkari - 44 road projects of 541 kms length - Rs 1,740
crore - Gadchiroli , Maharashtra
 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari - lay the foundation stone of 13 highway projects
worth Rs 3,000 crore – Manipur
 Union minister Nitin Gadkari - 35 highway projects worth over Rs 9,400 crore
in Madhya Pradesh
 Jammu and Kashmir - to build 600 km highway along border to explore
picturesque tourist sites -Rs 8,000 crore cost
 IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd – executing a stretch of Vadodara-Mumbai
Expressway (27.5-km) - cost of Rs 1,755 crore
 Assam - the longest river ropeway of the country – 1.8 km - across
the river Brahmaputra
 Government – Rs 971-cr – Munger-Bhagalpur National Highway project in
Bihar – 120 km
 Uttar Pradesh - Rs 100 cr boost to 82.15 km Delhi-Meerut high-speed rail
corridor

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  CCEA – Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project from Palwal to Sonipat – 5,617
crore – 121 km
 The Union Cabinet - approve the revised cost of East-West Metro Corridor
Project for Kolkata - 16.6 km length
 Rajnath Singh - 'Alternate Alignment Gangtok - Nathula Road' constructed by
the Army's BRO in Sikkim - By constructing 19.35 km long alternate route of
National Highway-310
 Nitin Gadkari - lay the foundation stones of nine National Highway projects in
Tripura - 262 kilometres
 Nitin Gadkari - 16 National Highways projects with a total length of 1411
kms worth Rs 15,592 crore in Andhra Pradesh
 Narendra Modi - the world's longest temple ropeway project at Girnar in
Junagadh - 2.3 kilo meters length and 900 meters height.

JAL JEEVAN MISSION

State/UT Amount Target Year
Goa 12.40 Crore 2021
Himachal Pradesh 326.20 Crore 2022
Telangana 412.19 Crore
Tripura 156.61 Crore
Rajasthan 2522 Crore
Karnataka 1189.40 Crore
Maharashtra 1829 Crore
Jharkhand 572 Crore 2023-24

Madhya Pradesh 1280 Crore 2023

Meghalaya 175 Crore

Bihar 1,832.66 Crore
Chhattisgarh 445 Crore
Odisha 812 Crore
Arunachal Pradesh 255 Crore March 2023

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Assam 1407 Crore
Jammu & Kashmir 680 Crore
Haryana 290 Crore 2022
West Bengal Rs 1610 Crore 2024
Uttarakhand 2022
Jammu & Kashmir 2022

BRAND AMBASSADORS

Name Organization

Oakley

CricKingdom

Rohit Sharma La Liga

Trusox

IIFL Finance

healthcare company Dr Trust

Varun Tej konidela Nagarjuna cement

Manushi Chhillar Adidas

Anurag Kashyap and Priyanka Chopra Toronto International Film Festival

Tide India

Ayushmann Khurrana Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

Sukhbir Singh Luxury Ride

Brett Lee SportsAdda.

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 Educational technology company Great
Learning

iQOO Smart Phone

Virat Kohli
Blue Star

Suresh Raina Online poker platform 9stacks

Sachin Tendulkar Paytm First Games

Ajinkya Rahane (Cricketer) Edtech company ELSA Corp (USA).

Dia Mirza The Goodwill Ambassador of India

(Extended till 2022)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Smriti Playerzpot

Mandhana

Dwayne Bravo SBOTOP

Kiara Advani Myntra

Harbhajan Singh EbikeGo

Suresh Raina and Harmanpreet Kaur WTF Sports

Sourav Ganguly and Sunil Chhetri JSW Cement

Pankaj Tripathi Bihar Khadi

Sonu Sood Gargo International

Ajay Devgan Aarogya Setu App

Viswanathan Anand World Wide Fund India Environment

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 MS Dhoni PokerStars India

PV Sindhu BWF’s ‘I am badminton’ campaign

Shafali Verma PepsiCo

Rishabh Pant JSW Steel

Shardul Thakur TATA Power

Kareena Kapoor Puma

Amitabh Bachchan IDFC First Bank

Cello Group

Suniel Shetty NADA

Chetan Anand 'Transform'

INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS

COUNTRY’S PRESIDENTS

Name COUNTRY

Joe Biden New York

Lazarus Chakwera Malawi

Andrzej Duda Poland

Ishmael Toroama Bougainville

Alexander Lukashenko Belarus

Irfaan Ali Guyana

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 Luis Rodoifo Abinlader Dominican Republic

Chan Santokhi Suriname

Tsai Ing-Wen Taiwan

Katerina Sakellaropoulou Greece

Zoran Milanovic Croatia

Umaro Sissoco Embalo Guinea Bissau

Ashraf Ghani Afghanistan

Wavel Ramkalawan Seychelles

COUNTRY’S PRIME MINISTERS

Name Country

Micheál Martin Ireland

Jean Castex France

Yoshihide Suga Japan

Moctar Ouane Mali

Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka

Walter Roger Martos Ruiz Peru

Keith Rowley The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Saad Hariri Lebanon

Mustafa al-Kadhimi Iraq

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 Benjamin Netanyahu Israel

Alexander De Croo Belgium

Francisco Asue Equatorial Guinea

Hamed Bakayoko Ivory Coast

Hichem Mechichi Tunisia

Ossouka Raponda Gabon

Lee Hsien Loong Singapore

Robert Abela Malta

Pedro Sanchez Spain

Mikhail Mishustin Russia

Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa Bin Qatar

Abdulaziz Al Thani

Muhyiddin Bin Haji Muhammad Malaysia

Yassin

Albin Kurti Kosovo

Janez Jansa Slovenia

Denys Shmygal Ukraine

Moeketsi Majoro Lesotho

Jacinda Ardern
New Zealand

Bishr al-Khasawneh Jordan

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Sadyr Japarov Kyrgyzstan

GRAND PRIX
2020 British Grand Prix

Rank Player

1 Lewis Hamilton

2 Max Verstappen

3 Charles Leclerc

F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix - Silverstone, England

Rank Player

1 Max Verstappen

2 Lewis Hamilton

3 Valtteri Bottas

Belgian Grand Prix

Rank Player

1 Lewis Hamilton

2 Valtteri Bottas

3 Max verstappen

8th Hungarian Grand Prix

Rank Person

1 Lewis Hamilton

2 MaxVerstappen.

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 Italian Grand Prix

Rank Player

1st Rank Pierre Gasly

2nd Rank Carlos Sainz Jnr

3rd Rank Lance Stroll

San Marino Grand Prix 2020

Rank Player name

1st Franco Morbidelli

2nd Francesco Bagnaia

3rd Juan Mir

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Rank Player

1st Oscar Piastri

2nd Théo Pourchaire

3rd Logan Sargeant.

Chaotic Tuscan Grand Prix

Rank Player Name

1st Lewis Hamilton

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 2nd Valtteri Bottas

3rd Alexander Albon

Russian Grand Prix

Rank Player Name

1st Valtteri Bottas

2nd Max Verstappen

3rd Lewis Hamilton

The Catalonia Grand Prix – Moto GP

Rank Player Name

st
1 Fabio Quartararo

nd
2 Joan Mir

Portuguese Grand Prix

Rank Person Car

1st Lewis Hamilton Formula One

2nd Valtteri Bottas The Mercedes

3rd Max Verstappen Red Bull

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 Teruel Grand Prix - Motorcycling

Rank Person

1st Franco Morbidelli

2nd Alex Rins

3rd Joan Mir

frantic Eifel Grand Prix

Rank Player Name

1st Rank Lewis Hamilton

2nd Rank Max Verstappen

3rd Rank Daniel Ricciardo

DIGITAL WALLETS/ CONTACTLESS TRANSACTIONS

BANKING

RBI.

 Relaxes the limit on contactless transactions- through debit & credit cards-
on ‘Tap & Go’- from Rs. 2000 to Rs.5000- urges visa & master card.
 RBI - the process of constructing a digital payment index to assess the extent
of digitisation in the country and innovation in existing modes and channels to
bridge digital divide
 RBI - 'POSITIVE PAY' - to help avert cheque frauds

PUBLIC BANKS
State Bank of India

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 SBI Card +IRCTC - launches co-branded contactless credit card on RuPay
 State Bank of India + Titan = India’s first contactless payment watch named
Titan Pay
 SBI Card + Delhi Metro = can function as a credit card as well as a metro
smart card named 'Delhi Metro SBI Card' - insurance cover – Rs. 50000

Punjab National Bank

 PNB - “DIGITAL APNAYEN” – to encourage customers to use digital banking

channels

Bank of Baroda
 BOB - ‘Insta Click Savings Account’ - a 100 per cent paperless digital self-
assisted online savings account.
 BOB Financial Solutions Ltd(BFSL) + the Institute of Company Secretaries
of India(ICSI) = an exclusive co-branded credit card for Company Secretaries
(CS).
Indian Bank
 Indian Bank - IB-eNote facility aimed at providing a paperless working
environment and to improve the turnaround time considerably
PRIVATE BANKS.

AXIS BANK

 Axis Bank + Google Pay + Visa = ACE Credit Card in India

 Vistara + Axis Bank - a co-branded forex card that can load up to 16
currencies
IDFC First Bank

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 IDFC First Bank – SafePay contactless debit card-based payment facility –
payments of up to Rs 2,000 per transaction and up to a limit of Rs 20,000 per
day

ICICI Bank
 “Video KYC”- Facility for verification process digitally and “Amazon pay ICICI
Credit card”.
 ICICI + Swiggy-“Swiggy Money”-own digital wallet
 ICICI Bank - a debit card facility for those customers availing the loan against
securities (LAS) - maximum daily transaction limit of Rs. 3 lakh

HDFC Bank

 Hyundai Motor India Ltd + HDFC Bank = “Click to Buy” – customized

financing solutions - buying cars through its online automotive retail platform.

Yes Bank

 Yes Bank + Fintech Startup AFFORD PLAN- co-branded health card to address
health care needs-From Rs-100 to Rs.1lakh.
 Yes Bank + UDMA Technologies-“Yuva Pay”-digital wallet to enable contact
less payment.
PAYMENTS BANK

 Fino Payments Bank + fintech partners = NFC-based contactless payments

solution for mass transit systems, especially state bus transport services in
India

SBM BANK INDIA

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 SBM BANK INDIA + ENKASH + RUPAY AND YAP - to launch co-branded
Business Credit Card- MSMEs and start-ups.

OTHERS
 NPCI - UPI AutoPay feature for recurring payment- max limit 2000.
 FAM pay - the first numberless card that offers cashless facility for
teenagers FAMCARD.
 MobiKwik - mpay.me link service to send and receive money from any UPI
payment app.
 RBL Bank + Empays Payment Systems = Cardless Cash Withdrawal facility
from ATMs
 EarlySalary + NPCI = zero-touch digital card named ‘Salary Card’ - powered
by RuPay to meet rising demand for digital credit
 IKEA + Citibank India + Mastercard = ‘IKEA Family Credit Card by Citi’.
 Vivifi India Finance - FlexPay - a payment option that offers credit using the
Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
 HSBC India - Omni Collect - to provide multiple payment options on single
platform
 Tata Mutual Fund - contact-less on-boarding’ for first-time investors in mutual
funds
 IRCTC + SBI Card = new Co- branded Contactless Credit Card on RuPay
Platform

 Paytm Payments Bank + Mastercard - virtual and physical debit cards.

 NPCI - ‘RuPay Festive Carnival’ to provide discounts up to 65% on purchase of

various branded items using RuPay card

 “Stellapps” - The IIT-Madras incubated dairy-tech startup - MooPay - a first-

of-its-kind, fully-automated direct payment platform for dairy farmers in
Rajasthan.

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 ESSENTIAL PRODUCT DELIVERY
Company Name/State Delivery Partner Service

ITC Foods Swiggy to offer dining options to

customers in the comfort of
their home

Tata Consumer Products Domino’s Pizza + Zomato strengthen its direct

distribution model - ensure
steady supply of its
essential products

Marriott partners Zomato home delivery service

Safal to deliver
fruits and vegetables to
Zomato
customers' doorstep in
select locations in Delhi
NCR.

Flipkart Flipkart Quick hyper local delivery service

in 90 minutes

TechEagle Addis Mercato to deliver healthcare

products and essentials
using drones in the African
nation’s urban and suburban
areas.

Uber Flipkart deliver essential supplies to

customers

Britannia Dunzo deliver essential items

ITC foods Domino’s Pizza launch Domino’s Essentials’

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 service

Tata Consumer Products Flipkart provide essential

commodities for consumers

Railways Postal department tie-up - door delivery - pick

up of parcels - help people
during the lockdown

Bihar India Post “Shahi Litchi” & “Zardalu

Mango”- at doorstep of
people.

Paytm McDonald’s distribute food items to

frontline workers

J&K Govt Flipkart provide platform for local

artisans, craftsmen, weavers
to reach customers
worldwide

EXERCISES

Exercise Name Edition Armed Countries Place

Forces

Bongosagar 2 Navy India + Northern Bay of

Bangladesh Bengal
Coordinated Patrol 3 Navy
(CORPAT)

JIMEX 4 Navy India + Japan North Arabian

Sea

Rim of the Pacific 27 Navy USA Hawaiian

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exercise – RIMPAC Islands.
2020

PASSEX - Navy India + Australia East Indian

Ocean region.

Kavkaz-2020 - Military - Southern

Russia.

Indra 2020 - Navy India + Russia Andaman Sea

PASSEX - Navy India + USA Andaman and

Nicobar Islands

Caucus 2020 - Military Chinese,Russian Southern Russia

forces and other
countries forces

SLINEX-20 8 Navy India + Sri Lanka Trincomalee, Sri

Lanka

anti-submarine Navy Japan

exercise

WOMEN NEWS
 R Sreerekha - the first woman DGP in Kerala- Fire and Rescue Services.
 Sub Lieutenant (SLt) Kumudini Tyagi and SLt Riti Singh - “Observers”
(Airborne Tacticians) in the helicopter stream
 Vini Mahajan -1st woman chief secretary of Punjab
 M Veeralakshmi - India's First Woman of Ambulance Driver of Tamil Nadu
 Shivangi Singh - first woman to fly Rafale
 Clare Connor -1st female president - MCC - Kumar Sangakkara(Replaced)
 Nigar Johar - first female lieutenant general - Pakistan army
 Jane Fraser - First Woman CEO – Citigroup - Mike Corbat(Replaced)
 Kathy Leuders - first female head - human spaceflight program – NASA
 Minal Dakhave Bhosale - testing tool “Pathodetect Covid-19 Kit”.

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  Lieutenant Shivangi + Lieutenant Divya Sharma + Lieutenant Shubhangi
Swaroop = Indian Navy operationalises first batch of 3 women pilots on
Dornier Aircraft at Kochi
 Harpreet A De Singh - first woman in CEO - Alliance Air

Oscar Awards
 The Academy Awards(The Oscars)
 The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences(Ampas)
 1929- The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
 92nd – Los Angeles, California, Usa (No Anchor)

Flim Award Winning Category Winner

Best Picture
Parasite Best Director Bong Joon Ho

Best International Feature

Film Award(South Korea)

Best Original Screenplay Bong Joon Ho And Han

Jin Won

1917 Sound Mixing

Best In Cinematography Roger Deakins

Best Vfx

‘Once Upon A Time In Best Supporting Actor Brad Pitt

Hollywood’

‘Marriage Story’ Best Supporting Actress Laura Dern

Hair Love Best Animated Short Flim Matthew A Cherry And

Karen Rupert Toliver

‘Toy Story 4’ Best Animated Feature Flim Josh Cooley, Mark

Nielsen And Jonas
Rivera

Jojo Rabbit’ Best Adapted Screenplay Taika Waititi

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‘Learning To Skateboard Best Documentary Short Carol Dysinger
In A Warzone’ Flim

‘American Factory’ Best Documentary Feature Stven Bogna, Julia

Flim Reichert And Jeff
Reichert

‘Ford V Ferrari’ Best Editing & Sound Editing Michael Mccusker And
Andrew Buckland

‘Bombshell’ Best Makeup & Hair Styling Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan
And Vivian Baker

‘Little Women’ Costume Design Jacqueline Durran

‘Once Upon A Time In Production Design Barbara Ling And Nancy

Hollywood’ Haigh

‘The Neighbors’ Window’ Live Action Short Film Marshall Curry

‘Joker’ Original Score Hildur Gudnadottir

Leading Actor Joaquin Phoenix

‘Judy’ Leading Actress Renee Zellweger

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 Grammy Awards
 A Grammy Award Pr Grammy, Is An Award Presented By The Recording
Academy To Recognize Achievements In The Music Industry
 First Awarded – May 4, 1959(As Gramophone Award)
 Held In Los Angeles City Of California In The United States
 The Event Hosted By American Musician, Singer And Composer Alicia
Keys(Original Name Alicia Augello-Cook)
 This Year Is 62nd Edition

Category Winner Album

Album Of The Year Billie Eilish “When We All Fall Asleep,

Where Do We Go?”

Record Of The Year Billie Eilish “Bad Guy”

Song Of The Year Billie Eilish & Finneas “Bad Guy”

O'connell, Songwriters
(Billie Eilish)

Best New Artist Billie Eilish

Best Pop Solo Lizzo “Truth Hurts”

Performance

Best Pop/Duo Lil Nas X Featuring Billy “Old Town Road”

Performance Ray Cyrus

Best Music Video Lil Nas X And Billy Ray “Old Town Road”
Cyrus

Best Pop Vocal Album Billie Eilish “When We All Fall Asleep,
Where Do We Go?”

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Best Rap Album “Igor”By Tyler The Creator

Best R&B Performance Anderson.Paak, Featuring “Come Home”

Andrş 3000

Best Country Album Tanya Tucker “While I'm Livin”

Best Rock Album Rock Band Cage The “Social Cues”

Elephant

Best Music Film Beyonce “Homecoming”

Best Urban Contemporary Lizzo “Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)”

Album

Best Alternative Music Vampire Weekend “Father Of The Bride”

Album

Best World Music Album Angelique Kidjo “Celia”

Best Spoken Word Album Michelle Obama “Becoming”

Best Rap/Sung Dj Khaled Featuring “Higher”

Performance Nipsey Hussle And John
Legend

Best R & B Song P J Morton, Song Writer(P Say So

J Morton Featuring Jojo)

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Best Rap Song 21 Savage Featuring J. A Lot
Cole

Best Rock Song Gary Clark Jr., Songwriter This Land

Dance/Electronic Album The Chemical No Geography

Brothers(Tom Rowlands
And Ed Simons)

Best Country Song Brandi Carlile, Phil Bring My Flowers Now

Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth
& Tanya Tucker Song
Writers( Tanya Tucker)

Best Folk Song Patty Griffin Patty Griffin

Best Comedy Album Dave Chappelle Sticks & Stones

The 72nd Emmy Awards

Category Winner

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Mark Ruffalo ("I Know This Much Is
Series Or Tv Movie True")

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Regina King ("Watchmen")

Series Or Tv Movie
Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Yahya Abdul-Mateen Ii ("Watchmen")
Movie

Supporting Actress In A Limited Series Uzo Aduba ("Mrs. America")

Or Movie

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Eugene Levy ("Schitt's Creek")

Series

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Catherine O'hara ("Schitt's Creek")

Series

Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series Dan Levy ("Schitt's Creek")

Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series Annie Murphy ("Schitt's Creek")

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 Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Jeremy Strong ("Succession")
Series

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Zendaya ("Euphoria")

Series

Supporting Actor In A Drama Series Billy Crudup ("The Morning Show")

Supporting Actress In A Drama Series Julia Garner ("Ozark")

Outstanding Reality/Competition Series "Rupaul's Drag Race"

Outstanding Variety Talk Series "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver"

Outstanding Limited Series "Watchmen"

Outstanding Comedy Series "Schitt's Creek"

Outstanding Drama Series "Succession"

Venice Film Festival 2020

Award Winner

Golden Lion Nomadland, Chloé Zhao

Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize New Order, Michel Franco

Silver Lion – Award For Best Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Wife Of A Spy

Special Jury Prize Dear Comrades!, Andrei Konchalovsky

Award For Best Screenplay Chaitanya Tamhane, The Disciple

Coppa Volpi For Best Actress Vanessa Kirby, Pieces Of A Woman

Coppa Volpi For Best Actor Pierfrancesco Favino, Padrenostro

Marcello Mastroianni Award For Best Rouhollah Zamani, Sun Children

Young Actor Or Actress

Orizzonti Award For Best Film The Wasteland, Ahmad Bahrami

Orizzonti Award For Best Director Lav Diaz, Genus Pan

Special Orizzonti Jury Prize Listem, Ana Rocha De Sousa

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 Orizzonti Award For Best Screenplay Pietro Castellitto, I Predatori

Orizzonti Award For Best Actress Khansa Batma, Zanka Contact

Orizzonti Award For Best Actor Yahya Mahayni, The Man Who Sold His
Skin

Orizzonti Award For Best Short Film Entre Tu Y Milagros, Mariana Saffon

Venice Short Film Nomination For The The Shift, Laura Carreira
European Film Awards 2020

Venice Award For A Debut Film Listen, Ana Rocha De Sousa

Grand Jury Prize For Best Vr Immersive The Hangman At Home, Michelle And Uri
Work Kranot

Best Vr Immersive User Experience Finding Pandora X, Kiira Benzing

Best Vr Immersive Story Killing A Superstar, Fan Fan

50th Kerala State Film Awards

Award Winner

Best Film Vasanthi

Second Best Film Kenjira

Best Actor Suraj Venjaramoodu, Android Kunjappan

Version 5.25 and Vikrithi

Best Actress Kani Kusruti, Biriyani

Best Director Lijo Jose Pellissery, Jallikattu

Best Character Actor Fahadh Faasil, Kumbalangi Nights

Best Character Actress Swasika, Vasanthi

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Best Film with Popular Appeal and Kumbalangi Nights
Aesthetic Value

Best Children’s Film Nani

Best Screenplay (Original) Rahman Brothers, Vasanthi

Best Screenplay (Adapted) PS Rafeeque, Thottapan

Best Child Artist (Male) Vasudev Sajeesh Mara, Sullu and

Kallanottam

Best Child Artist (Female) Catherine Viji, Nani

Best Debut Director Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval, Android

Kunjappan Version 5.25

Best Music Director Sushin Shyam, Kumbalangi Nights

Best Male Singer Najim Arshad

Best Female Singer Madhusree Narayanan

Best Editor Kiran Das, Ishq

Best Cinematography Prathap V Nair, Kenchira

Best Dubbing Artist – Male Vineeth, Lucifer and Marakkar:

Arabikadalinte Simham

Special Jury mention Anna Ben for Helen, Nivin Pauly for
Moothon and Priyamvadha Krishna for
Thottapan

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Padma Awards

Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan Padma Shri

7 16 118

Padma Vibhushan - 7

S. No Name Field State/Country

1. George Fernandes Public Affairs Bihar

(Posthumous)

2. Arun Jaitley Public Affairs Delhi

(Posthumous)

3. Sir Anerood Jugnauth Public Affairs Mauritius

4. M. C. Mary Kom Sports Manipur

5. Chhannulal Mishra Art Uttar Pradesh

6. Sushma Swaraj Public Affairs Delhi

(Posthumous)

7. Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri Others-Spiritualism Karnataka

Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha
Udupi (Posthumous)

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 Padma Bhushan – 16

S. No Name Field State/Country

1 M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) Others-Spiritualism Kerala

2 Syed Muazzem Ali Public Affairs Bangladesh

(Posthumous)

3 Muzaffar Hussain Baig Public Affairs Jammu And

Kashmir

4 Ajoy Chakravorty Art West Bengal

5 Manoj Das Literature And Puducherry

Education

6 Balkrishna Doshi Others-Architecture Gujarat

7 Krishnammal Jagannathan Social Work Tamil Nadu

8 S. C. Jamir Public Affairs Nagaland

9 Anil Prakash Joshi Social Work Uttarakhand

10 Dr. Tsering Landol Medicine Ladakh

11 Anand Mahindra Trade And Industry Maharashtra

12 Neelakanta Ramakrishna Public Affairs Kerala

Madhava Menon (Posthumous)

13 Manohar Gopalkrishna Public Affairs Goa

Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous)

14 Prof. Jagdish Sheth Literature And Usa

Education

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15 P. V. Sindhu Sports Telangana

16 Venu Srinivasan Trade And Industry Tamil Nadu

Sports Awards

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

S. No. Name Of The Sportsperson Discipline

1. Shri Rohit Sharma Cricket

2. Shri Mariyappan T. Para Athletics

3. Ms. Manika Batra Table Tennis

4. Ms. Vinesh Wrestling

5. Ms. Rani Hockey

Dronacharya Award

Life- Time Category

S. No. Name Of The Coach Discipline

1. Shri Dharmendra Tiwary Archery

2. Shri Purushotham Rai Athletics

3. Shri Shiv Singh Boxing

4. Shri Romesh Pathania Hockey

5. Shri Krishan Kumar Hooda Kabaddi

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 6. Shri Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar Para Powerlifting

7. Shri Naresh Kumar Tennis

8. Shri Om Parkash Dahiya Wrestling

Regular Category

S. No. Name Of The Coach Discipline

1. Shri Jude Felix Sebastian Hockey

2. Shri Yogesh Malviya Mallakhamb

3. Shri Jaspal Rana Shooting

4. Shri Kuldeep Kumar Handoo Wushu

5. Shri Gaurav Khanna Para Badminton

Arjuna Award

S. No. Name Of The Sportsperson (Shri) Discipline

1. Shri Atanu Das Archery

2. Ms. Dutee Chand Athletics

3. Shri Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy Badminton

4. Shri Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty Badminton

5. Shri Vishesh Bhriguvanshi Basketball

6. Subedar Manish Kaushik Boxing

7. Ms. Lovlina Borgohain Boxing

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8. Shri Ishant Sharma Cricket

9. Ms. Deepti Sharma Cricket

10. Shri Sawant Ajay Anant Equestrian

11. Shri Sandesh Jhingan Football

12. Ms. Aditi Ashok Golf

13. Shri Akashdeep Singh Hockey

14. Ms. Deepika Hockey

15. Shri Deepak Kabaddi

16. Shri Kale Sarika Sudhakar Kho Kho

17. Shri Dattu Baban Bhokanal Rowing

18. Ms. Manu Bhaker Shooting

19. Shri Saurabh Chaudhary Shooting

20. Ms. Madhurika Suhas Patkar Table Tennis

21. Shri Divij Sharan Tennis

22. Shri Shiva Keshavan Winter Sports

23. Ms. Divya Kakran Wrestling

24. Shri Rahul Aware Wrestling

25. Shri Suyash Narayan Jadhav Para Swimming

26. Shri Sandeep Para Athletics

27. Shri Manish Narwal Para Shooting

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 Dhyan Chand Award
S. No. Name Of The Sportsperson Discipline
1. Shri Kuldip Singh Bhullar Athletics

2. Ms. Jincy Philips Athletics

3. Shri Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe Badminton

4. Ms. Trupti Murgunde Badminton

5. Ms. N. Usha Boxing

6. Shri Lakha Singh Boxing

7. Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu Football

8. Shri Ajit Singh Hockey

9. Shri Manpreet Singh Kabaddi

10. Shri J. Ranjith Kumar Para Athletics

11. Shri Satyaprakash Tiwari Para Badminton

12. Shri Manjeet Singh Rowing

13. Late Shri Sachin Nag Swimming

14. Shri Nandan P Bal Tennis

15. Shri Netarpal Hooda Wrestling

Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2019

S. No. Name Of The Sportsperson Category
1. Ms. Anita Devi Land Adventure

2. Col. Sarfraz Singh Land Adventure

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 3. Shri Taka Tamut Land Adventure

4. Shri Narender Singh Land Adventure

5. Shri Keval Hiren Kakka Land Adventure

6. Shri Satendra Singh Water Adventure

7. Shri Gajanand Yadava Air Adventure

8. Late Shri Magan Bissa Life Time Achievement

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Maka) Trophy

S. No Institution

1 Panjab University, Chandigarh

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar

S. No. Category Entity Recommended For
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan
Puruskar, 2020
1. Identification And Nurturing Of Budding 1. Lakshya Institute
And Young Talent 2. Army Sports Institute

2. Encouragement To Sports Through Oil And Natural Gas Corporation

Corporate Social Responsibility (Ongc) Ltd.
3. Employment Of Sportspersons And Air Force Sports Control Board
Sports Welfare Measures
4. Sports For Development International Institute Of Sports
Management (Iism)

Highlights Of Independence Day

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  This Year Is Celebrated As 74th Anniversary
 Held In Red Fort, Delhi
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Seventh Independence Day Speech Lasted
For Almost 86 Minutes, Making It His Third Longest.
 The Prime Minister Had Delivered His Longest Speech In 2016, That Clocked
In At Around 94 Minutes.
 The Focused On The Themes Of "Aatma Nirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India)",
"Vocal For Local" And "Make In India To Make For World".

The Kirti Chakra

Name Service

Shri Abdul Rashid Kalas, Mha

Head Constable, Jammu
And Kashmir
Police (Posthumously)

"Shaurya Chakra" Awardees:

S. No Name Service

1 Lieutenant Colonel Krishan Singh Rawat, Sena

Medal
First Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special
Forces)
2 Major Anil Urs
4th Battalion The Maratha Light Infantry
3 Havildar Alok Kumar Dubey
The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion The
Rashtriya Rifles
Army

4 Wing Commander Vishak Nair Flying (Pilot) Air Force

5 Shri Amit Kumar, Deputy Inspector General Of

Police, Jammu And Kashmir Police
6 Late Shri Mahaveer Prasad Godara, Sub-

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 Inspector (Executive), Cisf (Posthumously)
7 Late Shri Eranna Nayaka, Head Constable,
Cisf (Posthumously)
8 Late Shri Mahendra Kumar Paswan,
Constable/Dcpo, Cisf (Posthumously)
9 Late Shri Satish Prasad Kushwaha, Constable Mha
(Fire) Ongc, Mumbai, Cisf (Posthumously)

Bar To Sena Medal(Gallantry)

S. No Name Service

1 Lieutenant Colonel Amit Kanwar, Sena Medal

The Punjab Regiment, 22nd Battalion The
Rashtriya Rifles
2 Lieutenant Colonel Amrendra Prasad Dwivedi,
Sena Medal
The Assam Regiment, 42nd Battalion The
Rashtriya Rifles
3 Major Amit Sah, Sena Medal
The Garhwal Rifles, 14th Battalion The Rashtriya
Rifles Army

4 Major Akhil Kumar Tripathi, Sena Medal The

Rajput Regiment, 10th Battalion The Rashtriya
Rifles
5 Naib Subedar Anil Kumar, Sena Medal
9th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special
Forces)

Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry)

S. No Name Service

1 Captain Mrigank Sheokand

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2 Commander Dhanush Menon

3 Haridas Kundu, Cha (Fd)

4 Naveen Kumar, Ls (Uw) Navy

Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry)

S. Name Service
No

1 Wing Commander Amber Agrawal Flying (Pilot)

2 Squadron Leader Arun B Flying (Pilot)

3 Flight Lieutenant Karan Ranjit Deshmukh Flying

(Pilot)
Air Force
4 Flight Lieutenant Kuldeep Singh Rajawat
Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics)
5 Corporal Pahad Singh Kharawad Indian Air Force
(Security)

List Of ‘Mention-In-Despatches’
Operation Meghdoot

 Maj Raj Kumar, Army Avn

 Sub Sonam Dorjay
 Sep Dimpal Kumar (Posthumous)
 Sep Veerpal Singh (Posthumous)

Operation Rakshak

 Maj Randeep Singh

 Sub Veeresha Kurahatti (Posthumous)

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  Nb Sub Naval Kishor
 Nk Krishan Lal (Posthumous)
 Nk Subash Thapa (Posthumous)
 L/Nk Rajinder Singh, Arty (Posthumous)
 L/Nk Aray Brahma
 L/Nk Jaswinder Singh
 Sep Veeri Singh
 Sep Bhagat Santosh Manlal
 Sep Rahul Bhairu Sulagekar (Posthumous)
 Sep Rinku Rana
 Rfn Chaman Lal
 Gdr Vipin Singh
 Sigmn Santosh Gope, Sigs (Posthumous)

“Correctional Service Medals”

 Total Awards - 55
President’s Correctional Service Medals For Distinguished Service

S. No. Name Of The Person Designation State/Ut

Recommended
1 Shri Tanajirao Raghunath Subedar Maharashtra
Khade
2 Shri Vijay Laxman Katkar Haveldar Maharashtra
3 Shri Saroj Kumar Lenka Sub Assistant Jailor Odisha
4 Shri Tarini Charan Hotta Chief Warder Odisha
5 Shri Rakesh Kumar Sharma Vice Principal Punjab
6 Shri Sanjeev Tripathi Dig Uttar Pradesh
7 Shri Anil Kumar Bajpai Head Jail Warder Uttar Pradesh
8 Shri Vinay Kapoor Jain Additional Ig Uttar Pradesh
9 Shri Mohd. Aslam Head Warder Delhi

Correctional Service Medals For Meritorious Service

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  Total – 46 Medals

Police Personnel Awards

 Total Medal – 926

 Police Medal Of Gallantry -215
 President’s Police Medal For Distinguished Service -80
 Police Medal For Meritorious Service – 631

NOBEL PRIZES

NOBEL PRIZE NAME COUNTRY RESEARCH

CATEGORY
NOBEL PRIZE IN Harvey J Alter USA "For the discovery
PHYSIOLOGY of the Hepatitis C
Charles M Rice
virus
Michael Houghton UK

NOBLE PRIZE IN Roger Penrose UK “For the discovery

PHYSICS that black hole
formation is a
robust prediction of
the general theory
of relativity”

Reinhard Genzel Germany “For the discovery

of a supermassive
Andrea Ghez USA
compact object at
the center of our
galaxy”

NOBLE PRIZE IN Emmanuelle France "For the

CHEMISTRY Charpentier development of a
method for genome
Jennifer A. Doudna USA
editing"

NOBLE PRIZE IN Louise Gluck USA “For her

LITERATURE unmistakable
poetic voice that

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 with austere beauty
makes individual
existence
universal”

NOBLE PRIZE IN World Food Rome, Italy "for its efforts to

PEACE Programme combat hunger, for
its contribution to
bettering
conditions
for peace in
conflict-affected
areas and for
acting as a driving
force in efforts to
prevent the use of
hunger as a
weapon of war and
conflict."

NOBEL PRIZE 2020 Paul R. Milgrom & USA “For improvements

IN ECONOMIC Robert Wilson to auction theory
and inventions of
new auction
formats.”

HIGHLIGHTS OF INDIA’S 71ST REPUBLIC DAY

 The Parade Ceremony at Rajpath in New Delhi
 Chief Guest – Jair Messias Bolsonaro (President of Brazil)

1st woman Parade Adjutant -Captain Tania Shergill led Crops of Signals contingent:
 4th generation army officer Captain Tania Shergill (26 years) who became the
1st woman officer as Parade Adjutant on Army Day Parade, led the corps of
signals under the motto “ Teevra Chaukas” Swift and alert)

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Dhanush gun system Army Air Defence Marching contingent took part for 1st time:
 The Artillery gun system Dhanush, short span bridge system and a marching
contingent of the Army Air Defence took part for the 1st time in the Republic
day Parade

Song
 ‘Abide with Me’, The Christian hymn played in republic day.
 The hymm was written in the 19th century by Scottish Power Henry Francis
Lyte and was composed by William Henry Mon.

Awardsf
Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards
 Total 54 persons to get this awards
 The award is given to a person for his/her meritorious act of human nature in
saving the life of a person

Jeevan Raksha Padak

Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Uttam Jeevan Raksha Jeevan Raksha

Padak Padak Padak

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BUDGET

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Introduction to Budget 2020
 The Financial Statement of the country
 First 1950
 CEA- Krishnamurthy Subramanian
 Speaker – Om Birla

Annual Financial Statement

 Article 112
 Ministry of Finance
 Every Financial Year

Elements of Annual Financial Statement

 Revenue
 Expenditure
 Deficit

Revenue
 Tax Revenue
 non- Tax Revenue

Expenditure
 Revenue Expenditure ( Transport, etc.,)
 Capital Expenditure ( Road, Etc.,)

Budget 2020

Aspirational Economic Caring

India Development Society

Aspirational India:

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  Agriculture
 Water and Sanitation
 Education and Skills

Economic Development
 Industry, Commerce & Investment
 Infrastructure
 Economy

Caring Society
 Environment & Climate Change
 Women & Child Welfare
 Culture and Tourism

Aspirational India:
 16 – point plans for agriculture & farmer
 Rs. 8000 cr for Quantum Technology (Army)
 NIRF – Degree Level online courses
 Dubri – sadiya waterway – 890 km, 2022
 150 Institutes for apprenticeship with degree
 National Police University & Forensic Science University

Economic Development
 Fiscal Deficit Rate – 3.8%( The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
(FRBM) Act , 2003)
 2.1 lakh Cr – Disinvestment
 Bank Insurance from 1 lakh to 5 lakh (DICGC)
 No – Dividend Distribution Tax
 Lower Personal Income Tax rates

Amount Tax Rates

Up to Rs. 2.5 L Nil

Rs. 2.5 L – 5 L

Rs. 5 L - 7.5 L 10 %

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 Rs. 7.5 L - 10 L 15%

Rs. 10 L – 12.5 L 20%

Rs. 12.5 L – 15 L 25%

Above Rs. 15 L 30%

 Vivad Se Vishwas
 Foreign Wealth Funds – No Tax
 Nivrik Scheme – Exports
 FPI Limits from 9% t0 15%
 Customs Duty Raised

Caring Society
 India’s First Heritage Institute ( Indian Institute of Heritage and Conservation)
 Udan Scheme – 100 More Airports
 VGF – Hospitals PPP Mode
 5 Archaeological Sites

EXPENDITURE

SECTOR AMOUNT

Agriculture and Allied Activities ₹ 1,54,775 Crore

Central Sector Schemes/Projects ₹ 8,31,825 Crore

Defence ₹ 3,23,053 Crore

Education ₹ 99,312 crore

Establishment Expenditure ₹ 6,09,585 Crore

Food Subsidy ₹ 1,15,570 Crore

Fertilizer Subsidy ₹ 71,309 Crore

Health ₹ 67,484 Crore

Interest Payment ₹ 7,08,203 Crore

Pensions ₹ 2,10,682 Crore

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 Petroleum Subsidy ₹ 40,915 Crore

Rural Development ₹ 1,44,817 Crore

EXPENDITURE ON MAJOR SCHEMES

Scheme Amount

National Social Assistance Program ₹ 9,197 crore

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural ₹ 61,500 Crore

Employment Guarantee Program

Umbrella scheme for development of ₹ 6,242 Crore

Scheduled Castes
Umbrella Programme for development ₹ 4,191 Crore
of Scheduled Tribes

Umbrella Programme for development ₹ 1,820 Crore

of Minorities

Umbrella Programme for development ₹ 2,210 Crore

of Other Vulnerable Groups

EXPENDITURE ON YOJANAS

Yojana Amount

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana ₹ 11,127 Crorre

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojan ₹ 19,500 Crore

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana ₹ 27,500 Crore

National Programme of Mid Day Meal in ₹ 11,000 Crore

Schemes

Swacch Bharat Mission ₹ 12, 294 Crore

National Education Mission ₹ 39,161 Crore

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 National Health Mission ₹ 34,115 crore

MAJOR CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEMES

Name Amount

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman ₹ 75,000 Crore

Nidhi(PM-KISAN)

LPG Connection to Poor ₹ 1,118 Crore

Households(Saubhagya)

Compensation to Service Providers for ₹ 6,000 Crore

Creation and Augmentation of Telecom
Infrastructure (Bharat Net)

KUSUM ₹ 700 Crore

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana ₹ 1,081 Crore

FAME – India ₹ 693 Crore

National Animal Disease Control ₹ 1,300 Crore

Programme for Foot and Mouth Disease
(FMD) and Brucellosis

Higher Education Financing ₹ 2,200 Crore

Agency(HEFA)

16- Point Action Plan

 Fertilizer Subsidiary – Reduced ( Manure & Water)
 100 Water Stressed Districts
 Oorjadata Scheme – Non- Farming Season
 Kisan Train
 Integrated Farming System ( 30% RFA) – Bee Keeping – 15 lakh Crore for loan
 FM Disease Eradication – 2025
 Fish Farmer Producer Organization – “Saagar Mitras”
 Women SHG under : Dhaanyalakshmi Scheme”
 Mapping & Geo Tag warehouses
 PM Kusum Scheme solar pumps – 20 lakh Farmers

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 Fish Production – 200 Lakh tonnes – 2022-23
 Horticulture Encouragement – 311 m metric tonnes
 Algae & Seaweed Growth
 Agricultural credit – 15 lakh crore
 Online Organic Market
 Milk Processing to be doubled 108 m metric tonnes – 2025
GI TAG
 Geographical Indication Tag
 It is a certification that thae product ( Agricultural, Natural, Manufacture)
possesses certain qualities, is made according to traditional methods, due to its
geographical origin
 It is similar to copyright, patent, trademark
 this tag is vaild for a period of 10 years following which it can be renewed
 GI Tag in India is governed by Geographical Indications of Goods Registration
& Protection Act, 1999
 It is issued by the Geographical Indications Registry (Chennai)
 Came to force on September 2003
 Total No of Highest GI Tag – 42 ( Karnataka)
 Highest for Handicraft – Tamil Nadu
 Highest of Agriculture - Maharashtra
Product State/UT

Black Chicken Madhya Pradesh

Darjeeling Tea West Bengal

Sohrai & Kohbar Art Jharkhand

Kashmir Saffron Jammu & Kashmir

Black Rice Manipur

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 Gorakhpur Terracotta Uttar Pradesh

Telia Rumal Telangana

Channapatna toys Karnataka

Aranmula Mirror Kerala

Tirur Betal leaf
Alphonso Mango Maharashtra

Rasagola Odisha

Kovilpatti Kadailai Mittai

Dindugul Lock
Kandagi saree
Panchamirtham of Palani Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur Pith Works
Arumbavur Wood Carvings

Cyclone:

 Amphan-cyclonic storm-over Southern Bay of Bengal.

 The deep depression over the east-central Arabian Sea – cyclone Nisarga
(means: Nature).
 Typhoon Molave – Vietnam

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 COVID-19 NEWS
COVID APP, WEB PORTALS & INITATIVES
App State/UT/org./GoI Purpose

GOI

MyGov Corona Helpdesk GOI queries on Novel

Coronavirus

Corona Kavach The Government of India developed by

the Union Ministry of
Electronics and
Information Technology
and the Union Ministry of
Health and Family
Welfare, the app uses a
person’s location to
assess whether they are
in the high risk
geographical zone or
not.

Aarogya Setu GOI to help people track

coronavirus infections
more
accurately.

Geo-Fencing App GOI To Locate Quarantine

Violators

Igot GoI for frontline workers to

handle the COVID-19
pandemic efficiently

“Suraksha Stores” and GoI retail shops through

“Suraksha Circle” public-private
partnership

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 MINISTERS

DARPG’s Dr. JitendraSingh COVID-19 Grievances

National Monitoring
Dashboard

Caruna' Central Civil Services 'Caruna' stands for Civil

Services Associations
Reach to Support in
Natural Disasters

"Samadhan" Ministry of Human to test the ability of

Resources Development +
students to innovate
All India Council for
Technical Education

COVID Quarantine Alert The Department of

System Telecommunication + C +
Telecom Service
Providers

“Hack the Crisis – Sanjay Dhotreto solve the problems

India”online Hackathon arised due to COVID-19
crisis

Revised Version of Ministry of Housing and to Handle Queries

Swachhata App Urban Affairs Specific to COVID 19

YUKTI Union Minister for HRD YUKTI = Young India

Combating
COVID with Knowledge,
Technology and
Innovation

'COVID India Seva Union Health Minister to address citizens'

Harsh Vardhan queries

GARUD portal Civil Aviation Ministry + Government

DGCA Authorisation for Relief
Using Drones
to fast-track approval to

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 COVID-19 related drone
operations

Bharat Padhe Online’ Ramesh Pokhriyal for crowd sourcing of

‘Nishank’ ideas to improve the
online education
ecosystem of India.

VidyaDaan 2.0 program Ramesh Pokhriyal to invite e-learning

‘Nishank’ content contributions

'COVID Katha' 'Dr Harsh Vardhan a multimedia guide on

the Covid-19 disease

the Ayush Standard on Ayurveda and Yoga

Treatment Protocol
for Management of
COVID-19
Jan Andolan Narendra Modi a campaign to spread
message of COVID-19
Appropriate Behaviour
ANDHRA PRADESH

the portable Multi-feed Andhra Pradesh developed by naval

Oxygen Manifold personnel in
Visakhapatnam

'CMAPP Andhra Pradesh 'CMAPP -

Comprehensive
Monitoring of
Agriculture, Price, and
Procurement.
to monitor agriculture
needs of farmers

Mobile Hand-wash facilities Andhra Pradesh the benefit of Slum

Dwellers amidst
lockdown in the state.

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 ‘Covid Pharma’ Andhra Pradesh to trace people buying
medicines for fever, cold

‘AP fights corona’ Andhra Pradesh help different sections of

people fight the Covid-19
pandemic
Arunachal Pradesh

COVIDCARE ArunachalPradesh to fight

COVID-19.

ASSAM

‘Dhanwantari Assam for home delivery of

medicines.

BIHAR

Corona Sahayata App Bihar combat COVID-19

Gurur App Bihar track migrants for COVID

test and quarantine

CHHATTISGARH

‘Rakhsa Sarv’ Chhattisgarh keep an eye on home

quarantined people

Cghaat' Chhattisgarh Home Delivery Of Fruits,

Vegetables Amid
Lockdown

Spandan” Chhattisgarh to check mental stress

and depression among
their personnel by
conducting interactive
programmes and
arranging counselling
sessions, music and

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 yoga therapies.

Goa

Cobot-19 Goa to create awareness

about coronavirus
among the citizens.

Test Yourself Goa Goa to help people to identify

whether
they are at risk of being
infected by novel
coronavirus without
having to physically visit
a healthcare facility

allopathy and Ayurveda Goa to treat COVID-19

positive patients

GUJARAT

Walk Through Mass Ahmedabad station

Sanitizing Tunnel.

‘Umbare Aanganwadi’ Gujarat help children during

lockdown

HARYANA

‘HelpMe’ HARYANA help people during

coronavirus crisis

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Active Case Finding Himachal Pradesh health workers would

Campaign provide information
regarding symptoms of
Covid -19 to the people
at
their doorsteps.

Nigah' Himachal Pradesh to aware family

members of migrant

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“e-sanjeevani-opd” Himachal Pradesh free online medical

consultation to sick
people

JHARKHAND

PRAGYAAM Jharkhand to issue e-passes for

essential deliveries

VeggiGo App Jharkhand essential services during

the 21-day lockdown
period.

Karnataka

‘Namaste over Handshake’ Karnataka government to tackle the spread of

coronavirus.

GPS coordinate-based Karnataka to track home

mechanism quarantined persons

mobile testing Kiosk Karnataka developed by Rajiv

Gandhi University of
Health Sciences

Apthamitra" Karnataka To Provide required

medical advice and
guidance for those in
need

Covid-19 tracking platform Karnataka built by Nasscom

Kerala

Walk in Sample Kiosks Kerala Ernakulam district

Tiranga vehicle Kerala Pathanamthitta district

rapid screening of
symptoms

‘break the chain’ Kerala a mass handwashing

campaign

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 Plasma Therapy Kerala the first state to
commence clinical trial
plasma therapy
treatment

Madhya Pradesh

Sanjeevani” Madhya Pradesh

a unique vehicle

'Kill Corona' campaign Madhya Pradesh to control the spread of

coronavirus`
in the state

Charak Indian Railways’ Coach zero-contact check-ups

Rehabilitation Workshop ,
Bhopal

MAHARASHTRA

COVID-19 self-assessment Maharashtra to better identify, assist

tool. patients

Saiyam' Pune Municipal tracks home quarantined

Corporation, Maharashtra citizens

e-Sanjivani OPD Maharashtra people during lockdown

'Project Platina' Maharashtra 1st state to conduct an

overarching
trial on convalescent
plasma therapy.

‘Air-Venti’ Mumbai real-time information on

ICU beds, ventilators

Maha Kavach Maharashtra

Manipur

Food Bank Manipur to help the poor and

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e-comic Textbooks Manipur

Mizoram

'mCOVID19' Mizoram to act as online pass for

drivers and handymen

Nagaland

Self-Deceleration App Nagaland The app is crucial for

tracking and surveillance
of high-risk cases

Odisha

Mo Jeeban programme Odisha to take a pledge to stay

indoors.

'Mo Prativa' Odisha + UNICEF to engage young minds

amid COVID-19
lockdown

‘Ghare Ghare Arunima’ Odisha + UNICEF to keep children busy

during lockdown

Punjab

COVA Punjab App Punjab To Spread Awareness

anti-COVID awareness drive Punjab

Ghar Ghar Nigrani Punjab COVID-19 house-to-

house surveillance

Rajasthan

RajCopcitizens Rajasthan movement during

lockdown

Aayu & Sehat Sathi App Rajasthan + MedCords to Tackle Coronavirus

Pandemic

SMILE Rajasthan E-Learning

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awareness campaign

Sikkim

Portal Sikkim disseminating credible

information on
coronavirus outbreak

Telangana

V SafeTunnel Telangana Disinfectant tunnel

‘COVID-19 Monitoring Telangana

System App’

Uttar Pradesh

"pool testing" Uttar Pradesh first state in India

Team-11' Uttar Pradesh to beat corona

Uttar Pradesh
Annapurna help people get the
knowledge of food
products and packets

Uttar Pradesh
Supply Mitra provide free home
delivery of eatables

‘Ayush Kavach-Covid Uttar Pradesh to help people get health

remedies which can be
useful in fight
against COVID-19.

Pravasi Raahat Mitra’ Uttar Pradesh to provide support for

the migrant workers

UTTARAKHAND

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 HOPE Uttarakhand ‘HOPE’ - Helping Out
People Everywhere
to help unemployed
youth get jobs

'Sampark Didi’ Uttarakhand It will ensure that the

education of the
students is not
hampered during the
COVID- 19 lockdown

West Bengal

exit app West Bengal for stranded people of

other states

Ayurvedic Sanitisation West Bengal

Tunnel

Delhi

5-T plan Delhi testing, tracing,

treatment, teamwork and
tracking
to combat coronavirus
spread

operation ‘SHIELD’ Delhi S (Sealing of area), H

(Home quarantine), I
(Isolation of infected
patients), E (Essential
services ensured), L
(Local sanitisation), and
D (Door to door survey).

‘Corona se jung - Delhi Delhi Police + All India

Police ke sang’ Institute of Ayurveda

Delhi Corona Delhi to help track hospital

beds, ventilators for
COVID-19 patients

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 Plasma Bank Delhi to treat COVID-19
patients

‘Assess Koro Na’ Delhi door-to-door survey in

containment zones

Jammu and Kashmir

SUKOON’ - COVID-19 Beat J&K to spread awareness

the Stress about psychological
impact of lockdown and
measures to be adopted
to overcome
them

'Serve-the-Seniors J&K Helpline for senior

Initiative' citizens

Puducherry

Naadi App Puducherry

Ladakh

NAADI App Ladakh in containment of

COVID-19 pandemic

Chandigarh

CHDCOVID” Chandigarh To spread awareness

about COVID-19 in the
city,

OTHERS
indelible ink Election Commission stamping ‘home
quarantined

‘Operation Namaste’ Indian Army to help govt fight COVID-

19

district-wise tracking app Tech Mahindra to help locate COVID-19

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#StayHomeIndiaWithBooks!. National Book Trust to encourage people to

read books while at
home

‘Corona Studies Series National Book Trust to provide relevant

reading materials for all
age-groups for the post-
Corona readership
needs.

“CHARAK” doctor booth West central Railway using a toilet from one of
its old coaches, to
facilitate zero-contact
check-ups in light of the
coronavirus pandemic

"Global Network Resiliency The International to help protect telecoms

Platform" Telecommunications networks during the
Union, COVID-19 crisis.

COVID e-Pass system eGovFoundation movement of essential

goods and service
providers

‘Watson Assistant for IBM provide

Citizens’
reliable information on
covid-19 related queries

SafeSeniors’ India’s retail company + to monitor senior

RPG Life Sciences citizens amid Covid-19
crisis

bharatmarket' CAIT

'Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Niti Aayog + Piramal to 'protect' senior

Nana-Nani Abhiyan' Foundation citizens during COVID-19

Operation Samudra Setu Indian Navy meaning Sea Bridge

Indian Naval Ships
Jalashwa and Magar are

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''e-office'' or ''e-karyalay'' CISF

'navigating the new normal' Niti Aayog to help people

follow norms to contain
the spread of Covid-19.

'COVID-19 Technology WHO Equitable Access To

Access Pool Life-saving Tech

“COVID-19 Therapeutics Bill & Melinda Gates

Accelerator” Foundation, Wellcome
and Mastercard.

“United Against Corona- ICCR

Express through Art”

‘BreakTheChain’ Hindustan Unilever +

UNICEF

“Mobile BSL-3 VRDL Lab” DRDO + ESIC Launched by

Rajnath Singh

‘Break the CORONA Chain’ IFFCO

#WeWillWin FIFA for health workers

‘Navigating the New Normal’ NITI Aayog in partnership

with Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation

‘Operation Sanjeevani Indian Air Force essential drugs to

Maldives

Cowin 20 App NITI Aayog

INTERNATIONAL

www.covid19-sdmc.org SAARC Disaster information related to

Management Centre COVID- 19Pics

Bangladesh plasma network

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 The Corona-Warn App Germany EU eyes Travel revival

The NHS COVID-19 app UK new smartphone app to

track and trace
coronavirus

“Covid-19 Indigenous Alert” Brazil Indigenous coronavirus

tracing app

"Corona Blinker" Finland private Finnish software

company Solita

COVIDSafe Australia despite drawing criticism

for its approach to
privacy

ROBOTS

 Spin Technology-to screen people amid Covid-19-Rajastan based company.

 “Rail-Bot”-South Central Railways-to assist in hospital management functions
towards patient care.
 Vanora Robots Pvt Ltd-unnamed robotic platform for hospital disinfection-
using ‘Type C’ uv rays.
 Pratik Tirodkar (PNT – solution) - developed world’s first ‘Internet-controlled’
robot ‘Coro-bot’ for COVID-19 hospitals from Maharashtra.
 The Railway Protection Force unit of Central Railway – CAPTAIN ARJUN - a
robot - thermally screen and record temperature - passengers - Pune station.
 Singapore - SwabBot - carries out nasal swabbing to diagnose COVID-19
 RoDeSo – ASTRA(Automated Solution for Transportation in Remote Area) - a
voice and gesture controlled robot which can be deployed in isolation wards
for Covid-19 infected cases.
 Nocca Robotics - a HFOT device which has a greater demand than invasive
ventilators for treating fairly critical Covid-19 patients.

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 HarjeetNath, Tripura University scientist – WARBOT - to protect doctors from
COVID-19 patients
 Indian Railways – MEDBOT - remote-controlled medical trolley to deliver food,
medicines to COVID-19 patients.

 IIT Ropar – WardBot - to deliver food, medicines to COVID-19 patients

 CSIR-CMERI - low-cost robotic device named as Hospital Care Assistive
Robotic Device
 ASIMOV robotics - ‘KARMI-Bot’ - to serve COVID-19 patients.
 UVRAS - Ultra Violet Robot-Assisted Sanitizer - The Veer Surendra Sai
University of Technology in Odisha developed a robot-assisted device that
uses short-wave ultraviolet ray for sanitization

 IIT Bombay - Matsya 6 - a robotic submarine for underwater exploration,

seafloor mapping, and sonar localization, among other uses
 C-DAC + IIT Kharagpur - develop a robot essentially for spraying pesticides in
agricultural fields
 IIT Guwahati – Robots - To deliver food, medicines to Covid-19 wards
 A Jaipur based company 'Club First’ - Sona 0.5 + Sona 1.5 - to help the
medical staff and masses amid coronavirus pandemic
 ‘COBOT-Robotics’ - Adhitya Ranjan(Develop) - Jharkhand Hospitals to serve
COVID-19 patients
 Milagrow - Milagrow Seagull - real-time progress and map while cleaning on
the user’s device.
 IIT Kharagpur - a robotic system - capable of identifying the diseases
plaguing plants through camera-captured image analysis
 Kochi-based Startup ASIMOV Robotics - Sayabot - used to check body
temperature of visitors/customers and dispensing sanitiser at the same time.

Ventilators

 Devesh Rajan + Kumuda Ranjan- Low cost ventilators.

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 Bengaluru-based Tech Company “CuraSigna” production of NASA designed
US-FDA authorized ventilators – VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology
Accessible Locally).
 Wipro 3D + SCTIMST = AirBridge = assists in emergency breathing for
patients on ventilation
 SCTIMST - an indigenous easy-to-operate Emergency Breathing Assist
System in an effort to meet the shortage of ventilators during the COVID-19
crisis
 Nocca Robotics - a HFOT device which has a greater demand than invasive
ventilators for treating fairly critical Covid-19 patients.
 An Incubated Startup of IIT Kanpur + Bharat Dynamics Ltd – NOCCA Robotics
- large-scale ventilators
 IISC BENGALURU - The prototype of an indigenously developed- Intensive
Care Unit (ICU) grade ventilator. (PROJECT - PRANNA).
 IISc Bangalore - Intensive care unit (ICU) grade ventilator
 IIT Bombay + NIT Srinagar + Islamic University of Science & Technology
(IUST), Jammu and Kashmir - Ruhdaar' - Low-Cost Mechanical Ventilator
 IIT-Kanpur - Portable Ventilator
 IIT Bhubaneshwar - - first-of-its-kind helmet-like ventilation device that
benefits patients suffering from mild respiratory distress
 IIT Bhubaneshwar - Portable Ventilator - To fight against COVID- 19 in
emergency pandemic situation
 Start-up Aerobiosys Innovations, IIT Hyderabad - ‘Jeevan Lite’ - low-cost &
portable ventilator
 IIT Ropar - Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP) machine - compact and
affordable ventilation support for the less critical COVID-19 patients
 AIIMS-Rishikesh + IIT Roorkee - ‘Prana-Vayu’ - A low-cost portable ventilator
 IIT MANDI - low-cost portable ventilators

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 IIT Madras + TVS group + Sundaram Medical Foundation - The “Sundaram
Ventago” – Low cost respiratory assist device
 Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala in Punjab - low-cost ventilator ‘Jeevan’
 Agva Healthcare + Maruti Suzuki = developed low-cost ventilators for helping
the government in the fight against COVID-19

COVID-19 TEST

 Harvard Medical School, USA - a method for rapid and inexpensive SARS-
CoV-2 detection without specialized materials or equipment
 CSIR-IGIB + Tata Group = India’s first CRISPR Covid-19 test
 Students from shiv nadar school in Gurugram - a DIY kit to save water from
RO systems
 GenePath Diagnostics -a quantitative RT-PCR test - enable therapeutic drug
and vaccine makers to test the efficacy of their product
 National Institute of Virology (Pune) - country's 1st indigenous antibody -
testing kit - COVID KAVACH ELISA.
 Tata Group + SCTIMST - to make Covid-19 test kits-based on-RT-LAMP
(Reverse Transcriptase Loop-Mediated Amplification).
 National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad - portable
coronavirus detection Kit – eCovsens.
 IIT DELHI – ‘Corosure’ - Covid 19 Test Kit- Union Human Resource
Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal (low – cost kit).
 IIT Delhi +Wells Fargo - developed - peptide-based ELISA test for the
detection of Covid-19 antibodies.
 IIT Kharagpur- low cast portable tester for covid 19.
 IIT Gandhinagar - AI-based tool - detect Covid-19 from chest X-ray
 Manu Prakash and his collagues(Stanford) - a low-cost,electricity-free
centrifuge for cheaper Covid test.

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 Mylab Discovery Solutions - ‘Compact XL’ system - for conducting a wide
range of tests, including RT-PCR tests for covid-19.
 INDIA + Israel - developed -an ultra-rapid testing kit for COVID-19.
 Singapore Nanyang Technological University's Lee Kong Chian School of
Medicine scientists - speed of obtaining COVID-19 laboratory test - 36
minutes or by up to four times (1/4th ).
 Genei Laboratories received license from IIT Delhi - to manufacture and
commercialize their low-cost, accurate, real-time PCR diagnostic assay kit for
COVID-19.
 Equine Biotech, IISc Bangaluru - an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit called
"Global diagnostic kit" for "accurate and affordable" diagnosis of COVID-19
 United Kingdom - 2 new rapid Covid-19 tests to hospitals, care homes and
laboratories to increase testing capacity
 SCTIMST + Agappe Diagnostics Ltd = Agappe Chitra manga RNA Isolation
Kit for the detection of COVID-19
 SCTIMST - low-cost diagnostic test kit “”
 SBPL - to develop Immunodiagnostic kits & Active Virosome Vaccine for
COVID-19
 Bione - India’s 1st home screening test kit for COVID-19
 The University of Melbourne – N1-STOP-LAMP – can diagnose Covid-19 in
just 20 minutes.
 IIT Delhi - First low-cost probe free detection assay - Detecting the COVID-19
 Karnataka - mobile RT-PCR covid-19 testing lab - IIScBangalore(Develop)
 IIT HYDREBAD- AI-powered - low-cost Covid-19 testing kit – 20 min result.
 Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology + TATA sons - licensing of
KNOWHOW - FELUDA (FNCAS9 Editor Linked Uniform Detection Assay) -
execute rapid diagnosis - COVID-19
 ShanMukha Innovations + IISc Bangalore - the launch of Mobile Infection
Testing and Reporting Labs for Covid testing.

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 IIT Roorkee professor Kamal Jain - A software - Coronavirus in five seconds
by using the patient's X-ray scan
 IIT Guwahati - methods to detect and prevent the novel coronavirus using bio-
interface interactions between the virus and the surface spike protein
 IIT Alumni Council - Covid-19 Test Bus in Mumbai
 Bharat Biotech + Flugen = Vaccine Coro-Flu

 DRDO + COVSACK = Kiosk for COVID-19 sample collection

 DST – to fund SBPL (Seagull Biosolutions Pvt.Ltd) – Active Virosome

Vaccine for COVID-19

 Indian Immunologicals + Australian university =to develop vaccine for

Coronavirus

 Naval Dockyard Mumbai - low cost temperature sensor

 Department of Science and Techonology - rapid response centre “CAWACH -

Centre for Augumenting WAR with COVID-19 Health Centre
 National University of Singapore - a breath test to detect COVID-19 within a
minute
 TCM Ltd - a commercial basis 'Covi-DetecT' brand RT-PCR test kits –
Developed by IIT Delhi
 Singapore - a breath test to detect COVID-19 within a minute
 IAVI + Serum Institute + Merck - develop coronavirus neutralising antibodies.
 Agappe Diagnostics - launch cheaper, more accurate COVID test kit
 Reliance Life Sciences - R-Green Kit - RT-PCR kit that promises diagnosis of
COVID-19 infection in about 2 hours
 Drexel University - a tool that can quickly detect and label SARS-CoV-2
mutated versions
 POSTECH - a new method that allows anyone to easily and quickly detect
Covid-19 in just 30 minutes - The SENSR technology
 The Jamia Millia Islamia University - a saliva-based testing kit - detect COVID-
19 which can display results within an hour
 University of Oxford - a rapid COVID-19 test able to identify the coronavirus in
less than five minutes

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 New York University - a new method - test for virus and antibodies using
holographic images
BANDS
 Muse Wearables, IIT Madras -'Muse Cue' - Artificial Intelligence powered
personal wellness smart band would alert users on COVID-19 symptoms.
 AIIMS Nagpur +IIT Jodhpur and IIT Nagpur –developed- Smart Wristband to
track coronavirus positive and suspected patient.
 IIM Kozhikode- Incubated Startup - a wearable hand band - social distancing
by sending out alarm in case of proximity with another - Veli Band
 The Genoa-based Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) - “i-Feel you”, an
intelligent bracelet which will help users respect social distancing rules.

APPS
 Facebook- launches – ‘CatchUp’ app.
 “Swagatam- Gateway to visit Government”- Dibrugarh District administration
- cloud-based app-for citizen centric services.
 The Research Centre Imarat, DRDO – AI based attendance application AINA
(AI eNabled Attendance).
 Delhi Corona- an app that will give information to patients about the
availability of beds in private and government hospitals
 “COVID BEEP” app for COVID-19 –developed by. ESIC+IIT HYDERABAD+
Department of Atomic Energy.
 “Meghasandesha”- provide real-time information, forecast on rains, flooding
and thunderstorm alerts in Bengaluru.
 “eBloodServices”-by e-Raktkosh team of Centre for development of
advanced computing-under Health ministry.
 “Covid-19 wellbeing app”-by Bangladesh Cricket Board- to track Covid-19
symptoms among players.
 “InstaCash”-Instamojo app- to solve liquidity challenge for MSME.

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 “mojoPlus”- Instamojo - enables-earn points in transactions & redeem it.
 “e-Kisaan Dhan”- for farmers-HDFC Bank.
 “NADA APP”- for athletes stay updated on banned substances-by Kiren Rijiju.
 PROSIT - Dalhousie University - an App tracks mental health by studying
phone usage.
 Bengaluru Startup Acculi Labs - a COVID risk assessment Profile app “Lyfas”
COVID score.
 Garvan Institute of Medical Research – Genopo - can analyse the genome of
the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 within minutes
 Kashmiri teenager Ashfaq Mehmood Choudhary - 'Dodo Drop' -a new file
sharing app
 IKEA India - IKEA Better Living App - to enable people to live a more
sustainable life at home, by following simple and everyday solutions that can
help make a difference.
 AnkurSinha, Chhattisgarh - “Guhaar” - for tribal to register grievances with
administration.
 CSIR-Central Road Research Institute – developed - “Kisan Sabha App”-
Ministry of state for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare – Parshottam Rupala.
 IIT Delhi - DocStack app - to scan documents such as bills, visiting cards,
medical records, etc
 IIT GUWAHATI + ’Flyzy’ - Contactless mobile app -for safe air travelling- for
passengers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 IIT Delhi - WashKaro App – remind users to wash hands
 IIT Guwahati - Contactless mobile application - For safe air travelling
 Telangana + IIT Hyderabad - an app for monitoring the health of
asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in home isolation.
 IIT Roorkee professor Kamal Jain - Tracking app - The surveillance system
needed to contain coronavirus

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 Tamil Nadu + IIT Madras + DoT - Aarogya Setu Interactive Voice Response
System
 IIT Guwahati hyperlocal-tech startup Sahara - a mobile application - offline
business owners create synergy with customers and potential business
partners
 Atom360 + AIIMS Delhi and Bhubaneswar - Berry Care - to detect suspicious
lesions in the mouth, which could indicate oral cancer
MASK

 KVIC – Triple-layered masks- Rs.90/-

 Baiid Auto Technologies - IoT-based smart facemask for a medical condition
such as Covid-19 and pulmonary disorder
 Duke University - a simple method to visualize how effectively different types
of masks prevent the spread of droplets
 Deepak Pathania- ‘Multi-Mask’ - to enable complete protection against Covid-
19
 Infection Shield Technologies - a fabric, which it has made an affordable self-
disinfecting mask
 MSR India- copper-filtered N-95 reusable face mask - Dr Copper Care Key, a
patented device that reduces risking of touching virus-infected surfaces
 Defence Institute of Advanced Technology – “Pavitrapati” – Biodegradable
Face Mask – virus neutralizer to resist against the bacteria/virus
 IISc Bangalore - Antimicrobial Composite material- for low cost masks.
 IIT Kanpur incubated Startup Espin Nanotech Private Limited - N95 Mask
named ‘Swasa’
 IIT Delhi - Nanosafe Solutions, IIT Delhi - NSafe masks'

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 USafe Healthcare, IIT Hyderabad = N95 equivalent mask named US9 mask
 IIT MANDI - Found a technology - for making high efficiency mask from waste
plastic bottles

 IIT Roorkee - Nano-coating system that can be used for FACEMASK for
reducing the transmission risk of COVID-19.
 CeNS - TriboE masks to protect healthy individuals from COVID-19
 Massachusetts Institute of Technology - a novel face mask that can not only
filter out the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENTS

 IIT-Kanpur + AIIMS-Rishikesh. = Low cost Personal Protective Equipment
 IIT Delhi + PNB Housing Finance - support R&D - reusable PPE - supplied -
government hospitals
 UFlex + IIT Delhi + INMAS, DRDO- new PPE- “Flex Protect”.
 IIT Guwahati - Affordable Antimicrobial Spray-based Coating For PPE - Spray-
based coating for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by healthcare workers

 IIT Roorkee - Nano-coating system that can be used for PPE for reducing the
transmission risk of COVID-19.
 DRDO - Developed a device --SUMERU-PACS --that helps wearers of Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE) to feel comfortable without sweating.
 “NavRakshak” (Novel Protector) PPE kit- by Indian Navy- for healthcare
workers.
 Defence Institute of Advanced Technology – “Aushadatara”- anti-microbial
bodysuit

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 CSIR ,NAL - Personal Protective Cover all suit - against COVID-19

 DRDO + Rajasthan - special jackets for medical professionals.

 IIT Guwahati- Antiviral Coating for PPEs

 DRDO –Bio suit- “Personal Protective Equipment”

FACE SHIELDS AND HELMETS

 IIT ROORKEE - Low-cost face shields
 Vietnamese school students – Vihelm - special helmets to bring comfort to
frontline workers

 NIPER - Guwahati- 3D-printed antimicrobial face shield, multi layered masks

and hands free multi-tasking object in a bid to embolden nation’s fight against
COVID-19
 NIPER, Guwahati + Hindustan Antibiotic limited, Pune = for large scale
production of 3D-printed antimicrobial face shield.
 DRDO + Wipro 3D = to create full face shield for healthcare personnel treating

coronavirus patients

Webportal

 J&k + UNICEF-“Mazelein”-Online Career guidance portal.

 IBM - “iTurmeric FinCloud”- public cloud-by Intellect Design Arena Ltd.
 (DGFT)-Director General of Foreign Trade- new digital platform for IEC (Import
Export Code)-w/ chatbot (a virtual assistant).
 No objection Certificate (NOC) issuing portal- for power projects & activities
related to research, exploration & exploitation in Indian territorial water and
Exclusive Economic Zones-Rajnath Singh.
 “Skill Connect”- for job seekers-Karnataka
 BaldeepNingthoujam(Manipur) - a mobile game 'Coroboi'.

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 Aarogya Setu – Mitr Portal - Telemedicine Portal for Consultations.
 My Gov + VMate - to disperse information on Covid-19.

 IIITM-Kerala - ‘vilokana’ - AI search engine,- for COVID-19

 A portal – PINT - help connect plasma donors with patients. PINT - Plasma in
Need for Transfusion
 Banaras Hindu University Professor VN Mishra - SARDIJUKAM.com website -
to help people coming up with fear of covid 19.
 India scientists - a web-based COVID predictor to predict the sequence of
viruses online
 IIT Bombay - a website named “HOPE” - will connect students to counsellors
and help fight the stigma attached to mental illnesses - HOPE (Healing Occurs
with Positivity and Expression).
 Bihar + IIT Delhi = to set up a geographical information system-based
platform for air quality management
 IIT Madras + AI4Bharat = a platform for building AI solutions for India

 GOI - “covidwarriors.gov.in” Dashboard - for combating and containing Covid-

19.

 AICTE launches “MHRD AICTE COVID-19 student Helpline Portal

 NIT Warangal - Pickmycloth’ - weavers to sell their products directly to
customers

BANKING

PUBLIC BANKS
State Bank of India

 State Bank of India - a slew of special offers for its retail customers to spread
festive joy amid the coronavirus pandemic
 State Bank of India Foundation - The India Health Alliance (IHA) to fight
against Covid-19 pandemic

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 State Bank of India - collects donations of PM CARES Fund

Punjab National Bank

 PNB - opened an emergency credit line - the MSME sector – help it tide over
liquidity issues amid the coronavirus crisis.
 PNB - 'Festival Bonanza Offer' - its customers to give a push to subdued loan
demand due to the COVID-19 crisis
Indian Bank
 IND GECLS COVID -19 scheme for MSME, Mudra and other Business
enterprises- maximum loan amount-Rs. 5 crore, repayment period maximum
48 months.
Union Bank of India
 Union Bank of India - COVID Emergency Line of Credit (CELC) - for customers

PRIVATE BANKS

HDFC Bank

 HDFC Bank - a song titled - #HumHaarNahiMaanenge - hopes up - amidst the

ongoing national lockdown and Covid-19 pandemic - Lyricist - Prasoon
Joshi.- Composer – A.R.Rahman.

 HDFC Bank - #HDFCBankSafetyGrid campaign - encourages social distancing

 HDFC Bank - collects donations of PM CARES Fund

Karnataka Bank

 Karnataka Bank - health insurance policy -Premium - Rs.399 - cover the

uncertainties - by Covid-19 pandemic

INSURANCE
 Aegon Life -Term life insurance with COVID-19 cover for hospitalization
expenses- Age limit [18-50]

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 Aditya Birla Health Insurance ='Active Dayz@Home' =to facilitate seamless
healthcare to patrons during the lockdown
 Aditya Birla Health Insurance =Activ Health, Activ Assure and Activ Care =
hospitalisation covers, in-patient treatment, pre-hospitalisation, post-
hospitalisation, and ambulance cover for COVID-19
 Aditya Birla Health Insurance = #HealthFromHome = re-imagined a healthy
lifestyle for Indians during the lockdown.
 Muthoot Finance + Kotak Mahindra General Insurance = to offer COVID-19
insurance cover of up to Rs 1 lakh against gold loan.

 BhartPe + ICICI Lombard - COVID-19 insurance -Age limit 18-65 yrs.

 Tata AIA Life Insurance - first Life Insurance company - Additional Benefits
Related to COVID-19.

 Airtel Payments Bank + Bharti AXA General Insurance -.Bharti AXA Group
Health Assure.

 Arogya Sanjeevani policy insurance - Rs. 1 lakh - minimum coverage amount.

 Bajaj Allianz General insurance + PhonePe - ‘Corona Care’ - Coronavirus

insurance policy - Rs. 50000

WORLD BANK

Amount Purpose

$160bn 100 developing countries over 15 months- to fight corona.

$500mn loan for Pakistan- to help the cash-strapped country mitigate

adverse impact of the coronavirus.

USD 400 loan to help - Afghanistan - deal with COVID-19 crisis

million

Rs.1950 crore to tackle Covid-19 and development work in West Bengal

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$750 million increased flow of finance into the hands of India's micro,
small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs),severely impacted
by the Covid-19 crisis.

US $500 for Pakistan to address the immediate impacts of the

million COVID-19 pandemic

$8.8 M To support Jordanian municipalities to deal with COVID-19

impact in Jordan

US$10m To maintain access to education amid COVID-19 in Nepal

$1 billion COVID-19 in India

USD 4 private sector businesses in the poorest countries to help fight

billion(IFC) the coronavirus pandemic

USD 12 billion help developing countries purchase novel coronavirus (COVID-

19) vaccines and treatments

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Amount Purpose

$500 Million Bangladesh - COVID-19 response

$12.2mn for Tonga’s COVID-19 response

$4 billion bonds to help nations fight coronavirus

$3 million to India from its Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund to

further support the government's emergency response to

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$97.7 million to Rwanda to help the health care system. Government’s

emergency

USD 1.5 Billion The Asian Development Bank + Thailand - To aid its response to
the coronavirus pandemic

$750,000 ADB + Armenia – To improve resilience to COVID-19 pandemic

and other disasters by developing and operationalizing a
distance education platform

$ 250 Million Myanmar Respond to COVID 19

$125 Million To help Philippine’ COVID-19 health response

USD 1.5 Grant to boost COVID-19 medical responses in Mongolia

Million

$1.5 billion Combat COVID-19 in India

$ 2.2 billion Combat COVID-19 in India

IMF

Amount Purpose

$356.5 million Myanmar-Emergency Fund.

$ 25 Billion 70 countries - emergency financing - COVID-19 pandemic

$732 million Bangladesh- to address the COVID-19 pandemic

$18 Billion Emergency Financing - 50 Countries - COVID-19

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 USD 1.39 IMF + Pakistan- COVID-19
billion

NDB

Amount Purpose

$ 1 billion India - Fight COVID-19

AIIB

Amount Purpose

$ 500 Million India - deal with coronavirus disaster

750 Million India - strengthen response to the effect of the coronavirus

pandemic - millions of poor households

750 million US 'COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support

dollar Programme'

$500 mn AIIB + India - for healthcare system.

The European Investment Bank

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 Amount Purpose

€ 3.6 billion To help businesses to better withstand COVID-19

challenges

€50 million Navarre to boost health respond to COVID-19

OTHERS
 Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank- Vikas Abhaya loan scheme - Covid-19-
affected MSME borrowers.(1Lakh)

 Standard Chartered Bank + IIT Kanpur- first entity - to fund ventilator

prototype

 Patym - ‘contactless in-store ordering’ - solution for restaurants

 Likee + WHO – Fight Corona - Covid-19 dashboard

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 SECTION TOPICS
IMPORTANT DAYS
NATIONAL IMPORTANT DAYS

Day Importance Theme

May

May 9 480th Birthday of

Maharana Pratap

May 11 National Technology Day

Mother’s day

2nd Sunday of may

Third Friday of May National Endangered

Species Day

May 24-30 Horoscope week.

June

June 1 World Milk day 20th Anniversary of World

Milk Day

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 June 1 Global Day of Parents Appreciate all parents
throughout the world

June 2 Telengana Formation Day

JULY

National Doctor’s day Lessen the mortality of

COVID-19

July 1 National Postal Worker

day

National Chartered
Accountants Day

July 23 National broadcasting

day

July 26 Kargil Diwas

August

August 3 Sanskrit Diwas

August 6. Hiroshima Day

August 7 National Handloom Day

August 9 Nagasaki Day

August 20 Sadbhavana Divas

August 20 Indian Akshay Urja Day or

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August 29 National Sports Day

September

September 1 – National Nutrition week “Eat Right, Bite by bite”

September 7

September 5 National Teachers day

September 14 Hindi Diwas

September 15 National Engineer’s Day

September 23 46th Foundation day of

Central Pollution Control
Board

September 25 Antyodaya Diwas

OCTOBER

October 1 20th of Raising Day of

Integrated Defence Staff

October 8 88th anniversary of Indian

Air Force

October 9 Indian Foreign Service

Day

October 13 The National Philately Day

October 16 36th Raising Day of

National Security Guard

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Day

October 27 'Infantry Day

October 31 Rashtriya Ekta Diwas

1st Raising Day of Ladakh

INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANT DAYS

Day Importance Theme

MAY

World Tuna Day

May 2 International Spring

Astronomy Day

May 3 World Press Freedom Day Journalism without Fear

or Favour.

first Sunday in May (3rd International Dawn

May)
Chorus Day

first Sunday of May (3rd World Laughter Day

May)

1st Tuesday of May World Asthma Day Enough Asthma Deaths

May 4 Coal Miners Day

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 International fire fighters
day

May 5 World Hand Hygiene Day SAVE LIVES: Clean Your

Hands

International Day of the Midwives with women:

Midwife 200th birth celebrate, demonstrate,
anniversary of Florence mobilise, unite – our time
Nightingale – theme - is NOW!

May 7 The World Athletics Day

May 8 World Red cross day

May 8 World Thalassaemia day “The dawning of a new

era for thalassaemia:
Time for a global effort to
make novel therapies
accessible and affordable
to patients”.

May 9 World Migratory Bird Day “Birds Connect Our world

May 15 The International Day of “Families in Development:

Families Copenhagen & Beijing +
25”

May 16 International Day of Light.

May 16 Armed Forces Day.

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May 17 World “Connect 2030: ICTs for
Telecommunication Day the

“Sustainable
Development Goals”

May 17 World Hypertension Day “Measure Your Blood

Pressure, Control It, Live
Longer”.

May 18 International Museum “Museums for Equality:

Day Diversity and Inclusion”.

May 18 World AIDS Vaccine Day

May 20 World Bee Day (Anton “Save the Bees”

Jansa’s Birth
anniversary).

May 20 World Metrology Day- “Measurements for

Global Trade”.

May 21 World Day for cultural

diversity for dialogue and
development.

May 21- International Tea Day.

May 21 Anti-Terrorism Day.

(Death anniversary of
Rajiv Gandhi).

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May 22- International Day for “Our Solutions are in
Biological Diversity Nature”-UN celebrates.

May 23 World Turtle Day.

May 23 International Day to End “End gender inequality!

Obstetric Fistula End health inequalities!
End Fistula now!”

May 24 National Brother’s Day

May 25 International Missing

Children’s Day

May 25 World Thyroid Day.

May 29 World Digestive health “Gut Microbiome: A

day Global Perspective”.

May 29 International Day of UN “Women in Peacekeeping:

Peacekeepers A Key to Peace”.

May 30 World Vape Day.

May 30 Goa statehood day.

May 31 World no Tobacco Day “Protecting youth from

industry manipulation and
preventing them from
tobacco and nicotine use
".

JUNE

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June 1-7 World Heart Rhythm week Don’t miss a beat

June 3 World Bicycle Day

June 4 International Day of

Innocent Children Victims
of Aggression

June 5 World Environment Day ‘Celebrate Biodiversity’

June 7 World Food Safety Day “Food Safety, everyone’s

business”

June 8 World Ocean Day “Innovation for a

Sustainable ocean”

June 8 World Brain Tumor Day

June 9 World Accreditation Day Accreditation: Improving

Food Safety”- ILAC +IAF =
WAD

June 12 The World Day against Covid-19: Protect Children

Child Labour from Child Labour, now
more than ever!

June 13 International Albinism Made To Shine

Awareness day

June 14 World Blood Donor Day “Safe blood saves lives”

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Awareness Day

June 17 World Day to Combat Food. Feed. Fibre. the

Desertification and links between
Drought consumption and land.

June 17 World Crocodile Day

June 18 Sustainable Gastronomy

Day

June 18 World Autistic Pride Day The Transition to

Adulthood

June 20 World Refugee Day "Every Action Counts", All

Lives Matter

“Yoga at Home, Yoga with

June 21 International day of yoga
Family”

Music at the intersections

June 21 World Music Day

Father’s Day
June 21(3rd Sunday of
June)

International Olympic Day

June 23

United Nations Public

June 23
Service Day

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 International day of the Seafarers Are Key
June 25
Seafarers Workers

International Day against "Better Knowledge for

June 26
Drug Abuse and Illicit Better Care”
Trafficking

World Allergy Week “Allergy care does not

June 28-July4
stop with COVID-19”

National Statistics Day “SDG-3 (Ensure healthy

June 29
lives and promote well-
being for all at all ages)
SDG-5 (Achieve gender
equality and empower all
women and girls)”.

3rd International Day of

June 30
Parliamentarism.

International Asteriod Day

June 30

JULY

July 4 The International Day of

Cooperatives

July 11 World population day How to safeguard the

health and rights of

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 women and girls now.

July 15 World youth skills day Skill for a resilient youth.

July 17 World day for

international justice

July 20 International chess day

July 25 Vitro fertilization day

July 27 Raising day of central

reserve police force (82nd)

July 28 World Hepatitis day “Hepatitis free future”

July 29 International tigers day “Their Survival is in Our

Hands”

August

August 1 World Lung Cancer Day

August 1 – 7 World Breastfeeding

Week

August 9 World Tribal Day COVID-19 and Indigenous

Peoples' resilience

August 10 World Biofuel day Biofuels towards

Atmanirbhar Bharat.

August 12 International Youth Day

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August 19 World Photography Day

August 21 World Senior Citizen day

August 22 Earth Overshoot Day

August 24-28 World Water Week Water and Climate

Change : Accelerating
Action

September

September 2 World Coconut Day ‘Invest in Coconut to save

the world’

September 5 International Day of

Charity

September 7 The first International Day

of Clean Air for blue skies

September 8 International Literacy Day “Literacy, teaching and

learning in the COVID-19
crisis and beyond”

World Physical Therapy

Day

September 10 World Suicide Prevention

day

September 12 World First Aid day

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September 15 International Day of
Democracy

September 16 World Ozone Day

September 17 World Patient safety Day “Health Worker Safety: A

Priority for Patient Safety”

September 18 World Bamboo day BAMBOO NOW

First International Equal

Pay day(third Saturday in
September)

September 19 International Coastal

Cleanup (ICC) Day

September 21 International Day of ‘Shaping Peace Together’

Peace or World Peace
Day

World Alzheimer’s Day ‘Let’s talk about

dementia’

September 22 World Rhino Day Five Rhino Species

Together

World Rose Day

September 23 International Day of Sign "Sign Languages Are for

Languages Everyone!"

September 24 World Maritime Day(Last "Sustainable shipping for

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September 25 World Pharmacists Day “Transforming global

health“

September 26 World Contraception Day

September 27 World Tourism Day "Tourism and Rural

Development"

September 29 World Heart Day

October

October 1 The International Day of Pandemics: Do They

Older Persons Change How We Address
Age and Ageing?”

International Coffee Day

October 2 International Day of Non-

Violence

October 5 World Teachers’ Day Teachers: Leading in

crisis, reimagining the
future’.

World Habitat Day Housing For All — A

Better Urban Future

October 7 World Cotton Day

October 9 World Post day “We Have Always

Delivered”

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 World Egg day(2nd Friday)

October 10 World Mental Health Day

October 11 International Girl Child “My voice, our equal

Day future’

October 12 World Arthritis Day Time2Work

October 14 World Standards Day “Protecting the planet

with standards”

October 15 World Students' Day Learning for people,

planet, prosperity and
peace

Global Handwashing Day “Hand Hygiene for All”

International Day of Rural “Building rural

Women women's resilience in the
wake of COVID-19.”

“Grow, Nourish, Sustain.

October 16 World Food Day Together. Our actions are
our future.”

October 17 World Trauma Day

October 19 World cleanup day

“Connecting the world

October 20 World Statistics Day
with data we can trust”

“A win against polio is a

October 24 The world polio day
win for global health.”

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 International Day Of
Diplomats

International Animation
October 28
Day

October 29
World stroke day

International Internet day

Valuing our Communities

October 31 World cities Day
and Cities

World Thrift Day

WEEKS AND MONTHS

Week/Month Day Theme

Oct 1 to 31 Breast Cancer Awareness

Month

October 2- 8 World Wild life week

October 4-10 World Space Week

October 9-15 National Postal week

October 15 - 23 Intellectual Property

Literacy Week

International Food and 16th to 22nd October

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 Agri Week

Vigilance Awareness October 27 to November 2

Week

`bird week'(Maharashtra) November 5 to 12

Global media and 24 to 31 October “Resisting

information literacy week Disinfodemic: Media and
Information Literacy for
everyone and, by
everyone”.

SPORTS

RETIREMENT

Tennis

 Jamie Hampton – US
 Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan – USA
 Julia Goerges - Former Wimbledon semifinalist – Germany

Cricket

 Rachel Priest-New Zealand.

 Rajat Bhatia - all forms of cricket
 Laura Marsh - Former England all-rounder
 DN Pathirana and KRP Doolwala – cricket umpires - Sri Lanka
 MS Dhoni (Thala) + Suresh Raina - Announces Retirement from International
Cricket
 Cameron White - Australian Cricket
 Tharanga Paranavitana - Sri Lanka
 Umar Gul - Pakistan speedster

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Badminton

 Lin Dan - announces retirement – China

 Ayaka Takahashi - Japan’s Olympic doubles champion

Squash

 Raneem El Welily - Announced Retirement – Squash

WWE

 (Undertaker) Mark William Calaway - WWE.

Football

 Iker Casillas - - Spain’s World Cup-winning captain and goalkeeper

 Gareth Barry – UK
 Ignacio Camacho - Former Atletico Madrid midfielder
 Pablo Zabaleta - Former Argentina and Manchester City full-back
 Michel Vorm - Former Tottenham Hotspur and Swansea City goalkeeper –
Netherlands

Rugby union

 John Barclay - Former Scotland captain

 David Pocock - Former Australia flanker and captain

Snooker

 Former world snooker champion - Peter Ebdon (The Force) - retires – sport.

BANNED OR SUSPENDED

Cricket

 Shedan Madushanka- Srilanka- suspended from all forms of cricket.

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  Kazi Anik - Bangladesh cricket player 2-year-suspension for doping violation
 Anshula Rao - Madhya Pradesh women cricket - suspended by National Anti-
Doping Agency (NADA) after failing a dope test.
 Noor Mohammad “Lalai” - a five-year ban by the Afghanistan Cricket Board
(ACB)
 Amir Hayat - UAE cricketer
 Ashfaq Ahmed - UAE cricketer

Powerlifter

 Savita Kumari-Powerlifter.
 Ankit Shishodia- Powerlifter.

Athelete:

 Kiranjeet Kaur- Long-distance runner-for 4yrs.

 Salwa Eid Naser- 400m athlete – (Bahrain) – 2 years.
 Gomathi Marimuthu-800m athlete- (India - TN) for 4 years.
 Alexander Shustov – European - High Jumper – Ban – 4 Years.
 Christian Coleman - Men's 100-meter world champion - banned for 2 years

Discus Throw

 Sandeep Kumari – Discus Throw - banned - four years.

Tennis

 Youssef Hossam (Egypt) - Tennis player -life time ban - from Tennis Integrity
Unit.

Cycling

 Remy Di Gregorio (France) – Cycling - banned - 4 years - the International

Cycling Union.

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Football

 Eric Dier – Football - Tottenham defender - banned by 4 matches.

 Paris St Germain’s Neymar -two-match ban

Weightlifter

 Andrei Demanov – Russia – weightlifter - suspended for doping after testing

positive for a banned steroid.
 Pradeep Singh – 4 years - suspension - blood sample tested positive for
human Growth Hormone

Others

 World Anti-Doping Agency -has extended SIX months- suspension of India’s

National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL).

Cricket

ICC Test Ranking

Ranking Test ODI T20I

1 Australia(116) England(127) Australia(278)

2 New Zealand(115) India(119) England(268)

3 India(114) New Zealand(116) India(266)

 Ross Taylor - New Zealand Cricket’s player of the year award.

 Tim Southee - best bowler award - the Test Player - Year recognition.
 ICC’s Cricket Committee-banned on the use of Saliva to shine the ball.
 Australia Cricket Association - banned - saliva and sweat to shine - the cricket
ball - the federal government - released guidelines - gradual return - professional
and recreational sport in the coronavirus pandemic

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  Youngest umpire-Nitin Menon-in International Cricket Council’s Elite Panel of
Umpire for 2020-21- replaces England’s Nigel Llong.
 Ravindra Jadeja - ‘Most Valuable Player’ of the 21st century by Wisden

Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) annual awards

NAME AWARD

Quinton de Kock Men’s ‘Cricketer Of The Year’

Test Cricketer Of The Year

Laura Wolvaardt The Women’s Cricketer Of The Year

ODI Cricketer Of The Year

Lungi Ngidi ODI Player Of The Year

T20 Player Of The Year

David Miller Fans’ Favorite Player

Anrich Nortje The International Men’s ‘Newcomer’ Of

The Year.

Shabnim Ismail Women’s T20 Player Of The Year

Nonkululeko Mlaba The Women’s ‘Newcomer’ Of The Year

 Ben Stokes - the second-fastest all-rounder to reach the Test double of 4000
runs and 150 wickets – England.
 Captain Sourabh Kalia cricket Cup - postponed - due to Pandemic in Kargil.
 Indian Premier League - will start on September 19 in the United Arab Emirate
– IPL 2020 (final – November 8).

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  India – to host ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 – October - November 2023
- Final date 26 November 2023
 India – to host ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 - October - November 2021 –
Final date 14 November 2021.
 Australia – to host ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 - October - November 2022
– the final on 13 November 2022.
 Dream 11 - the winner of IPL 2020 title Sponsorship

Rank Company

1 Dream 11

2 BYJUs

3 Unacademy

 James Anderson(England) - the first fast bowler to bag 600 wickets in Tests
 BCCI - announces Indian edutech company “Unacademy” as Official Partner
for IPL till 2022
 The Emirates Cricket Board + BCCI = To boost cricketing ties between the
two countries
 Alyssa Healy - Australia's wicket-keeper batswoman - broke MS Dhoni's
record of having most dismissals as a wicket-keeper in the shortest format of
the game.
 Virat Kohli - the fifth batsman and third Indian to hit 200 sixes in the Indian
Premier League

Football

 The Bundesliga League-World’s 1st major sports event to resume after COVID-
19 lockdown.

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 For the first time India to host 2022 Women's Asian Cup (20th edition).
 English Premier League- restart on June 17.

FIFA Ranking – India – 108

Rank Country

1st Belgium

2nd France

3rd Brazil

108th India

 Bayern Munich (Germany) wins - 8th successive Bundesliga title - beating

Werder Bremen.
 New Zealand +Australia -co-host Women’s World Cup 2023.
 Liverpool - English Premier League 2019-20 title- defeated Chelsea
 African Cup 2021 – postponed to 2022
 Ballon d'Or Soccer – not be awarded this year - coronavirus pandemic.
 2022 Qatar World Cup - from Nov 21 ends in Dec 18.
 Liverpool’s Premier League - Captain Jordan Henderson - Football Writers'
Player Of The Year
 Jamie Vardy - Leicester City striker - the Premier League’s Golden Boot award
 AIFF + SAI = E-Pathshala - to recognize the creativity and develop interest in
football
 Bayern Munich - won sixth Champions League title - over Paris Saint
Germain.
 Qatar - 2027 Asian Cup
 China - 2023 Asian Cup
 Lyon - Fifth Straight Women’s Champions League title - beating Wolfsburg

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  Kevin De Bruyne - English football’s player of the year
 Kevin De Bruyne, Robert Lewandowski, and Manuel Neuer - UEFA Men’s
Player of the Year award
 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Sanju - All India Football Federation (AIFF) Footballer
of the Year awards for the 2019-20
 Bayern Munich - the UEFA Super Cup - beat Sevilla
 Robert Lewandowski - UEFA men’s Player of the Year award
 Pernille Harder - UEFA women’s Player of the Year award

Badmiton

 India Open- held in Dec 8-13 2020 – at New Delhi.

 The Badminton World Junior Championships- Jan2021- Auckland, New
Zealand.
 Nozomi Okuhara(Japan) - the Denmark Open title - beating Carolina
Marin(Spain) in women's singles

Chess

 China - won - 1st edition - FIDE Chess.com - Online Nations Cup against the
USA – India (5th Rank).
 Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh - joint winners of the 2020 Online Chess
Olympiad
 P Iniyan - the prestigious Annual World Open online chess tournament
 IM Leon Luke Mendonca - the Skalicky chess festival in Slovakia
 P Iniyan - 48th Annual World Open online chess tournament - Fabiano
Caruana(Defeated)
 Indian chess player Leon Mendonca - tournament in Hungary
 Nihal Sarin - the Chess.com's 2020 Junior Speed Online Championship -
beating Alexey Sarana

Basket Ball

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  Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant - “NBA Rookie of Year” – USA
 Brandon Ingram - the 2019-20 Kia NBA Most Improved Player – USA
 Ja Morant - “NBA Rookie of Year” - USA.

Golf

 Sophia Popov(Germany) - Women’s British Open – over Jasmine

Suwannapura(Thailand)
 Dustin Johnson - the FedEx Cup – USA
 John Catlin - 2020 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open golf tournament – America
 Jason Kokrak(Canada) - CJ Cup to get PGA Tour title in 233rd try

Tennis

 The International Tennis Federation (ITF) - Niki Kalyanda Poonacha - member

- ITF World Tennis Tour Men’s Panel - representing - Asia- Oceania zone with
Ti Chen of Chinese Taipei.
 Davis Cup- finals-on November 2021 –at Madrid
 Fed Cup Finals-postponed to 2021.
 US Open Wheelchair Tennis Competition –September 10-13.
 PSD Bank Nord Open - Sumit Nagal defeated German Daniel Masur –
Germany
 Alexander Zverev(Germany) - Cologne Championship beat Diego
Schwartzman(Argentina)
 Final grand slam of the year 'French Open' - Paris, France
 Second US Open title - Women Single - Naomi Osaka defeats Victoria
Azarenka
 US Open - Men Single - Dominic Thiem to beat Alexander Zverev

The Italian Open

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Men’s Single Novak Djokovic(Serbia) Diego Schwartzman

(Argentina)

Women’s Single Simona Halep (Romania) Karolína Plíšková

(Czech Republic)

Men’s Double Marcel Granollers & Jérémy Chardy & Fabrice

Martin
Horacio Zeballos

Women’s Double Barbora Strycova & Raluca-Ioana Olaru

& Anna-Lena Friedsam
Su-Wei Hsieh

FRENCH OPEN

Event Champion Runner-up

Men's Singles Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic

Women's Singles Iga Świątek(Poland) Sofia Kenin(America)

Men's Doubles Kevin Krawietz & Mate Pavić &

Andreas Mies Bruno Soares

Women's Doubles Tímea Babos & Alexa Guarachi &

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 Kristina Mladenovic sirae Krawczyk

Mixed Doubles Latisha Chan Gabriela Dabrowski

Ivan Dodig Mate Pavić

POSTPONMENT

Event Postponed Venue

Commonwealth Youth 2021 Trinidad and Tobago,

Games (7th edition) Port of Spain

Federation Internationale May 2022 Fukuoka (JAPAN)

de Natation(FINA)

Aquatics world
championships

Badminton World 2021 Huelva, Spain

Championship 2020

FIFA U-17 - Women’s 2021 India

World Cup

36th National Games Indefinitely Goa

Start of Tour de France 2022 Denmark

Shooting

4th Online International Shooting Championship

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Name Prize

Yashaswini Deswal 1st

Ashish Dabas 2nd

Anish Bhanwala 3rd

10m air rifle pistol

Name Prize

Martin Strempfl 1st

Rudrankksh Patil 2nd

Visnu Shivaraj Pandian 3rd

Sheikh Russel International Air Rifle Championship - organised by Bangladesh

Shooting Sport Federation (BSSF)

Prize Player Name

Gold Elavenil Valarivan

Sliver Shahu Tushar Mane

Bronze Baki Abdullah Hel

Fifth edition of the International Online Shooting Championship

10m air rifle event

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 Rank Person Country

1st Visnu Shivaraj Pandian India

2nd Etienne Germond France

3rd Martin Strempfl Austria

10m air Pistol

Rank Person Country

1st Yashaswini Singh Deswal India

2nd Ahmed Nabil Egypt

3rd Yehya Shams

Wrestling
 Ritu Phogat - third consecutive MMA championship title in Singapore over
Nou Srey Pov

Boxing
Alexis Vastine International Boxing Tournament in Nantes, France
 Amit Panghal defeated American Rene Abraham under 52 category to win
gold metal
 Sanjeet(91kg) defeated Frenchman Soheb Bouafia to win gold metal
 In the 75kg category, Asian silver-winner Ashish Kumar also claimed a gold
after his opponent, American Joseph

Others:

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  SAI- Rs.30, 000 for each 2,749 Khelo India Athetes.
 Narinder Batra- member of – Olympic Channel Commission-also president of
FIH.
 2020 World Archery Field Championships - postponed until 2022- will be held
in Yankton, USA.
 Asian Youth Para Games Bahrain (1st time) - December 2021
 Napoli – wins – 6th Italian Cup title - beats Juventus.
 The world karate federation- de-recognized-the Karate Association of India.
 “Road to Tokyo”-by World Athletics-an online tool –to track the qualification
for next year’s Olympics Games.
 2021 Khelo India Youth Games- Panchkula, Haryana
 India - BRICS Games in 2021
 Alexander Kristoff - opening stage of Tour de France – Norway Cyclist
 The 2023 World Table Tennis Championships - Durban, South Africa
 The 2023 Netball World Cup -South Africa
 SAI + NRAI = responsibility of conducting bio-secure national shooting camp
in a secure environment
 Japan - host an international gymnastics tournament - November 8

OBITUARY

Author/Poet

 Eminent author and columnist - Ronald Vivian Smith

 Renowned Kannada poet - KS Nisar Ahmed (Popularly known Nityotsava
Kavi)
 Debesh Roy-Bengal-Novel”Teesta Parer Brittanto”-Sahitya academy award.
 Ratnakar Matkari-Marathi Writer & Playwright.
 Gopa Manjumdar-Bengali-Fiction translator.
 Larry Kramer- Playwright.

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  Charles Webb-“The Graduate”.
 Jas Waters – Writer
 Gulzar Dehlvi – poet – Urdu.
 Rudolfo Anaya – USA
 Sanjeev Kumar Yadav - Delhi Police inspector and gallantry award winner
 Juan Marsé – Spain - Novelist
 Bishnu Prasad Kumar – Journalist
 RahatIndori – Urdu Poet - Madhya Pradesh
 Ashok Sahil – Urdu Poet - Uttar Pradesh
 Randall Kenan – American Author
 SadiaDehlvi - Writer and activist – Delhi
 Amrit Mohan Dubey - Senior PTI -Bhasha journalist
 Winston Groom - six-Oscar winning
 Daniel Menaker - an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction and a
longtime editor
 Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri - Renowned Malayalam poet and Jnanpith
laureate

Actor

 Shafique Ansari
 Sai Gundewar
 Jerry Stiller - comedian - US
 Mohit Baghel – Hindi actor.
 Chirranjeevi Sarja - kannada actor.
 Jagesh Mukati – TV actor
 Sushant Singh Rajput

 Earl Cameron - Disney Channel star

 Nick Cordero - Tony Award Nominator

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  Susheel Gowda – Kannada Actor
 Jagdeep – Actor
 Rajan Sehgal - Actor
 Anil Murali - Malayalam actor.
 Wilford Brimley
 Franca Valeri - Italy
 Ben Cross - British
 Chadwick Boseman –America
 Jaya Prakash Reddy – Telugu
 Anaparthi Nagendra Rao – Telangana
 Diana Rigg - British actor
 ‘Vadivel’ Balaji – Actor & Comedian
 Ajit Das – Odia
 Florent Pereira – Tamil
 Michael Lonsdale – France
 Bhupesh Kumar Pandya – Actor
 Ruben Jay - Popular Tamil actor-writer
 Sean Connery - James Bond in Dr. No. Sean Connery, most famous for his
portrayal of James Bond

Actress

 Uma Gurbaksh Singh- Theatre actress- Punjab.

 Preksha Mehta- TV actress- Madhya Pradesh.
 Mebeina Micheal- Kannada actress.
 AnupamaPathak - Bhojpuri actress
 Rhonda Fleming - Hollywood actor
 Zarina Roshan Khan – Mumbai

Director

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  Bruce Jay Friedman - screen play writer, novelist, actor.
 KrishKapur - Casting director.
 Pappukutty Bhagavathar - Singer, Actor, Theatre artist.
 Carl Reiner-Writer, Actor, Director.

Music

 Shyamala G Bhave- Vocalist (Carnatic & Hisdustani).

 Yogesh Gaur- Lyricist.

 Wajid Khan - music composer.

 Anwar Sagar –Lyricist, Screen writer.
 Ennio Morricone – Italy - Oscar-winning composer
 Charlie Daniels - singer, Songwriter – USA
 Peter green - Guitarist.
 Annie Ross – singer.
 Dr B Siva Kumar - Renowned Carnatic musician &Veena artist – Tamil Nadu
 PanditJasraj – Vocalist - the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and the
Padma Shri.
 Jack Sherman – American Guitarist
 Trini Lopez - singer and guitarist – American
 ArchanaMahanta - folk singer – Assam
 Aditya Paudwal - music composer, arranger and producer
 Toots Hibbert - Singer - Jamaica
 Purba Dam – Musician
 Juliette Greco – France
 SP Balasubrahmanyam - Legendary playback singer
Tenkabailu Tirumaleshwara Shastri - Noted ‘bhagavatha’ (singer) of ‘Tenku
Thittu’ school of Yakshagana
 Helen Reddy – Singer

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  Shri Puliyur Subramaniam Narayanaswamy - Carnatic vocalist - Padma
Bhushan(2003)
 K J Mohammed Babu - Playback singer, music director and actor
 K Deep - Punjabi folk singer
 Mahesh Kanodia - Veteran Gujarati film musician, singer and former Lok
Sabha MP
 Alexander Vedernikov - chief conductor of the Royal Danish Orchestra and
former music director at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre – Russia

 Eddie Van Halen - guitarist

 Rajan - Kannada music composer

Dancer

 Amala Shankar—Choreographer-west Bengal.

 Saroj Khan – Choreographer

Film Maker/ Producer

 Basu Chatterjee- Film maker.

 Anil Suri- Producer.
 KR Sachidanandan (Sachy) - Malayalam
 Joel Schumacher-Director.
 Kelly Asbury -Director-Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron, Shrek 2.
 Pokuri Rama Rao – Telugu - flim producer
 Parvez Khan – Director
 Alan Parker - British filmmaker
 V Swaminathan - Film producer – Tamil Nadu
 NishikantKamat -Marathi Flim Maker
 Antony Basker Raj - Flim Maker – Kerala
 Johnny Bakshi - Maharashtra

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  Jiri Menzel - Prague, Czechia – Oscar Award
 Ashalata Wabgaonkar – Noted Marathi actress and Bollywood’s veteran
character artist
 James Redford - a film-maker, activist – USA
 William Blinn – Screenwriter - Emmy and a Humanitas Prize - USA
 Vijay Reddy - Eminent Kannada film director

Politician

 Former Union Minister - Dalit Ezhilamalai – received Sainik Seva.

 Rajendra Prasad Singh- Congress MLA- Constituency- Bokaro,Jharkhand.

 Thondaman – Sri Lanka Minister.
 MP Veerendra Kumar- Union Minister- Constituency- Kozhikode,Kerala.
 Ajit Jogi- 1st CM of Chattisgarh.
 P Namgyal - Congress - MP – Ladakh.
 KN Lakshmanan - BJP- Mylapore – Chennai.
 Chandrakanta Goyal – BJP.
 J Anbazhagan - DMK MLA - Chepauk, Chennai.
 Abani Mohan Joardar – minister – West Bengal - AITC.
 Haribhau Jawale – MP – Maharastra - BJP
 Madhav Patankar
 Madan Mohan Dutta – BJP – Odisha.
 K.Surendran-Congress leader-Kerala.

 Tamonash Ghosh- MLA-Trinamool Congress.

 Upa Rokamlova - former speaker of the state legislative assembly – Mizoram
 Pascoal D’Souza - goa port town councilor
 Dr Suresh Amonkar - Former health minister of Goa, the ex-president of the
Goa unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

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 Mahesh Sharma – BJP
 John Lewis - a pioneer of the civil rights movement.
 Lalji Tandon-governor-Madhya Pradesh.
 Sunil Kumar Singh-Bihar- BJP
 Somen Mitra- west Bengal – Congress.
 Neela Satyanarayana – First women Commissioner of Maharastra.
 Appaji Gowda - Former Bhadravathi MLA and JDS leader – Karnataka
 Dattatraya Ekbote - Noted Socialist leader - former Mayor of Pune,
Maharashtra
 Jagadeeshwar Reddy - Congress leader from Mahabubnagar and two-time
MLC – Telangana
 Dr MAS Subramanian - Former Puducherry MLA - state president of the
Makkal Neethi Maiam (MNM)
 M Velusamy - Erode district Panchayat Vice-Chairman - Pattali Makkal Katchi
party
 Thakur Rachpal Singh - Senior National Conference leader and former
legislator - Jammu & Kashmir
 SRS Yadav - Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) and
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader
 Gyan Singh Negi - Senior BJP leader – Uttarakhand
 Swami Agnivesh - a former MLA from Haryana - Social activist
 Raghuvansh Prasad Singh - Rashtriya Janta Dal
 K Thangavelu - CPI(M) MLA - Tamil Nadu
 Baban Naik - Former MLA – Goa
 Chanesh Ram Rathiya - Veteran Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh
minister
 Govardhan Dangi – Congress - Madhya Pradesh
 Balli Durga Prasad Rao - Tirupati MP and YSRCP leader

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 Ashok Gasti - Rajya Sabha MP – BJP
 Ramakant Tiwari - Rewa (MP) Former Madhya Pradesh minister
 Roza Deshpande - Former Lok Sabha Member - Communist
 Sardar Tara Singh - Veteran BJP leader and former Mulund legislator
 Rajendra Deolekar - Shiv Sena
 Suresh Angadi - Union Minister of State for Railways
 Jaswant Singh - Former Defence Minister
 Syeda Anwara Taimur - only woman Chief Minister of Assam
 Kapil Deo Kamat - Senior Janata Dal (United) leader and Bihar Panchayati Raj
Minister
 Maruti Manpade - Senior CPM leader
 Gurupada Nanda - Senior Congress leader
 Nayani Narasimha Reddy - Senior TRS leader and former Home Minister of
Telangana
 Vinayakdada Patil - Former Maharashtra minister and senior Congress leader
 Naresh Kanodia - Veteran Gujarati film star-turned-politician
 Keshubhai Patel - Former Gujarat chief minister
 Sukumar Hansda - West Bengal Assembly Deputy Speaker
 Mesut Yilmaz - former Turkish prime minister and veteran politician
 MLA Gurupada Mete - Trinamool Congress
 Rama Gopalan - Hindu Munnani founder
 Haji Hussain Ansari - Jharkhand’s minority welfare minister - leader of the
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
 Pradeep Maharathy - Former Odisha Minister and veteran Biju Janata
Dal MLA
 Kailash Trivedi - Congress legislator from Rajasthan
 Dr Kartikeswar Patra - Former Balasore MP and eminent writer
 Ram Vilas Paswan - consumer affairs, food and public distribution

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  K C Karunakaran - Former CPI(M) MLA – Tamil Nadu
 CM Chang - the Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and
Justice and Law - Nagaland
 Sarat Kar - Former Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly, distinguished
writer and orator
 Mohammad Sharief Niaz - Former minister and three-time Congress MLA in J
&K
 Vinod Kumar Singh - Bihar’s backward and extremely backward classes
welfare minister and BJP leader

Sports

 Pandanda Kuttappa -Founder of Kodava Family – Hockey Tournament

 Bob Watson -Baseball - US

 Arthur Summons-Rugby league-Australia.

 Ashley Cooper- Tennis-Australia.
 R.Shanmugam- Football- player-turned-Coach.
 Gigi Simoni- Football- Coach.
 Balbir Singh- Indian hockey.
 Bobby Joe Morrow- Texas sprinter- National Track & Hall of fame

 Jayantilal Nanoma- Archery.

 Riaz Sheikh- Pakistan Cricketer.
 E Hamsakoya-Footballer-Santosh Trophy winner.
 Kurt Thomas - Gymnast-world championship gold medallist.
 A.Balasamy - VP of Chennai Football Association.
 Willie Thorne - Snooker
 Tony Dunne – Football - Ireland
 Vasant Raiji – Cricket
 Matt poore – Cricket - Newzealand

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 Ahmed Radhi- Iraq-Footballer-due to COVID-19.
 Ilaiah-Kabaddi.
 Rajinder Goel- Cricketer (Spinner).
 Pournima Zanane-Shooting.
 Jhandewalan-Swimming (Coach).
 Pierino Prati-Football (Former AC Milan and Italy forward).
 Sanjay Dobal-Delhi cricketer-due to COVID.
 Everton Weekes - West Indies – Cricket
 Ramesh Tikaram - Para Badminton Player.
 Jack Charlton - England World Cup winner – Football.
 Barry Jarman – Cricket – Australia.
 YadupatiSinghania - president of Uttar Pradesh state Cricket Association
 Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan – Cricketer – Tamil Nadu
 Shekhar Gawli - Former Maharashtra Ranji player
 David Capel - Former cricket allrounder – UK
 Sadashiv Raoji Patil – Cricket
 Dean Jones - Former Australia batsman and well know commentator
 Tom Seaver - Baseball Hall of Famer
 Manitombi Singh - Former India defender and MohunBagan captain –
Manipur
 PurshottamRai - Veteran athletics coach PurshottamRai – Karnataka
 James Harris - former American wrestler
 Najeeb Tarakai – Afghanistan’s Batsman
 John R. Reid - New Zealand's first victorious Test cricket captain
 Kishore Bhimani - Veteran sports journalist and cricket commentator
 Carlton Chapman - Former Indian football captain
 Antony - Football coach and Telangana Football Association (TFA)
vice-president

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OTHERS

 National Professor Anisuzzaman – Bangladesh

 Freedom fighter - Bhabani Charan Pattnaik – Participated in Quit India
Movement.
 Noted play writer - Bijay Mishra - won - Kendriya Sahitya Akademi award –
2013 – for Vanaprastha
 Eminent Historian – Hari Shankar Vasudevan – wrote - Shadows of
Substance: Indo-Russian Trade and Military-Technical Cooperation
 Saleh Abdullah Kamel-Saudi Arabia- Billionaire Bussinessman.
 (Daddaji)- Dev Prabhakar Shastri- Spiritual Leader.
 Purshotam Narayan Samant- Trade union leader-popularly known as Dada.
 Dr.Jitendra Nath Pande- Doctor- Pulmonology.
 Macau Casino Tycoon Stanley Ho- “King of Gambling”
 Mujtaba Hussain- Indian Satirist- Padma shri awardee 2007.
 Kremastinos - Former health minister, cardiologist – Greece.
 South African - anti-apartheid – activist - Denis Goldberg -won award - Order
of Luthuli
 Rob Gibbs - Veteran director, story artist and writer - Pixar films - Toy Story 2,
Finding Nemo, Wall
 Betty Wright (Bessie Regina Norris) - Grammy winning-singer
 Ved Marwah - Ex- Commissioner of Delhi police, Ex -Governor of Manipur,
Mizoram, Jharkhand and Padma shri Awardee.
 Alberto Alesina –Economist-Italy.
 Pierre Nkurunziza – President – Burundi
 Mohammad Nasim – Minister – Bangladesh.
 Vera Lynn (Forces’ Sweetheart) - Singer – Britain,
 B J Damodharan - CM’s private secretary - TamilNadu
 Arunkumar R. Mehta – Diamantaire

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 Dinu Randive - senior journalist and freedom fighter - Maharastra
 R M Vohra – Lieutenant General - Indian Army
 Aztul Srivastava – Director - Steel Authority of India
 Heera Singh Rana – Singer.
 Madhavrao B Patil – Founder - Janalaxmi Cooperative Bank.
 B P R Vithal - Economist
 Sqn Ldr Parvez Jamasji- Army-Vir Chakra awardee.
 Bhupinder Singh Slathia-Advocate.
 Kirk Smith – Professor.
 D.Hegde- President Upasi.
 Milton Glaser-Designer.
 Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury-Defence secretary-Bangladesh.
 Dr Hari Krishen Kaul - Chief Librarian of INSTITUTE INNOVATION COUNCIL
(IIC)
 Vikas Satwalekar - former executive director ofNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
DESIGN (NID)
 Ibidunni Ighodalo - Former beauty queen – Nigeria
 Vasudeva Maiya - Ex-CEO of Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank
 Aizawl Sailothanga Sailo - former station director of All India Radio
 Brahm Vasudeva – Chairman Hawkins Cooker ltd.
 Avad Bin Hassan Jami – Cartoonist.
 Acharya Shree Purushottam Priyadasji Swamishree – Spritual Leader.
 Lil Marlo - Rap Artist.
 Viktor Chizhikov- Designer of MISHA mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic.

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 Andrew Mlangeni-Anti-apartheid-south Africa.
 Bhaskarrao Awhas – Advocate.
 Olivia de Havilland - Hollywood's Golden Age icon - Oscar-winner
 Kansai Yamamoto-- Japanese fashion designer.
 Sanjay Gupta - Jammu and Kashmir High Court judge.
 Joe Ruby – Animator - Scooby-Doo – USA
 Doris Buffett – American Philanthropist
 Mukund Lath - a scholar, philosopher, musicologist and cultural historian
 Sumner Redstone – American – Businessman
 Robert Trump – Businessman
 Gail Sheehy –Pop sociologist, Commentator, Journalist – USA
 Arnold Spielberg – Computer pioneer – USA
 Julia Reed – Chronicler
 Dr S Padmavati - the first female cardiologist of the India
 AR Lakshmanan – Judge – Tamil Nadu
 Dr Mahesh Kumar Dwivedy - Former DIG of BSF (Medical Wing) -Rajasthan
 Kesavananda Bharati - The head of Edneer Mutt in Kasargod
 R J Shahaney - Ashok Leyland’s first Indian managing director
 Govind Swarup – scientist
 Ayatollah Yousef Saanei - pro-reform religious leader - Iran
 John Fahey - former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency
 Sudhangan alias Rangarajan – Journalist - Tamil Nadu
 Dhananjoy Mahato - Noted Chhau dancer
 Kapila Vatsyayan - renowned scholar of art history, architecture and Indian
classical dance
 William H. Gates - father of Microsoft Co-founder
 Amitabha Ghosh - Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Governor for 21 days
 PR Krishnakumar - Ayurveda physician

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 Ruth Bader Ginsburg - the second female justice on USA Supreme Court
 John Turner - former Prime Minister of Canada
 Air Marshal MM Singh - Vir Chakra – 1973
 Dr Sekhar Basu - Veteran atomic scientist and former chairman of Atomic
Energy Commission
Harold Evans -Newspaper editor – UK
 Isher Judge Ahluwalia - Economist
 Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah – The ruler of Kuwait
 David Graeber – Anthropologist – USA
 Balwinder Singh Sandhu - Shaurya Chakra awardee
 Hiriyadka Gopal Rao - Yakshagana artist and freedom fighter
 Vijayalakshmi Ramanan - The first woman commissioned officer of the
Indian Air Force
 Jaya C. Suvarna - The former chairman of Bharat Cooperative Bank (Mumbai)
Ltd. and founder-president of Rashtriya Billava Mahamandala
 Shri Jashomatinandan Das Ji- president of The International Society for
Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple, Ahmedabad and Zonal Secretary of
ISKCON Gujarat
 K. S. Subramanian - a former director of the Asian Development Bank +
founder trustee of the National Agro Foundation (NAF)
 Lee Kun-hee - Chairman of Samsung
 K.A.Sengottuvelu - president of Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Welfare
Association
 Pushpa Bhave - Social Activist
 K.V. Thiruvengadam - renowned physician and teacher of medicine
 Kenzo Takada - the iconic French-Japanese fashion designer
 Justice Anantkumar Surendraray - former acting chief justice of Gujarat
High Court

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 M. Gopalakrishnan - Former chairman-cum-managing director of Indian Bank
 KK Usha - first woman chief justice of Kerala HC
 CK Rajkumar - entrepreneur and founder of Sujatha Bio Tech
 Ashwani Kumar - Former CBI chief
 Mario Molina - Mexican Nobel laureate
 P.A. Mohammed - Former High Court judge of Kerala
 Ananthakrishna - former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Karnataka
Bank Ltd
 Priscilla Jana - Renowned Indian-origin South African human rights lawyer
 Savithri Vaithi - Renowned philanthropist and social worker
 Sobha Naidu - Renowned Kuchipudi dance exponent
 Bhanu Athaiya - India’s first Oscar winner - Costume designer

RANKING

National Ranking

 According to An Internet and Mobile Association of India – Delhi – registered

- highest Internet penetration
 Top 10 Global initiatives for an inclusive fight against the COVID-19 -
Manipur – KHUDOL - Imphal-based NGO “Ya_All”.
 Haryana - Best Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) Index among 29 states in the
country
 NTPC - top on the list of Indian PSUs under 'World's Best Employer 2020',
published by Forbes
 West Bengal - top in the decline of dropout rate among school students
during 2018-2020 - the Annual State of Education Report (ASER) 2020
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi + actor Ayushman Khurrana + Bilkis = The
TIME magazine ’s list of 100 most influential people for the year 2020

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 Pondicherry University - top 10 central varsities in ICARE India University
Rankings 2020
 Punjab - first rank in operationalization of Health and Welfare Centers -
rankings released by the Centre
 Department of Fertilizers - 2nd amongst the 16 Economic Ministries /
Departments and ranked 3rd amongst the 65 Ministries / Departments –
Released by DMEO, Niti Aayog
 Nadaun, Himachal Pradesh - ranked as one of best Police Stations of India

FSSAI food safety index 2019-20

Largest state Small state Union territories

Gujarat Goa Chandigarh

Tamil Nadu Manipur Delhi

Maharashtra Meghalaya Andaman & Nicobar

The Ministry of Human Resource Development - fifth edition - India Rankings -

2019 - National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).

Rank Institute City State

1 Indian Institute of Technology Chennai Tamil Nadu

Madras

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 2 Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru Karnataka

3 Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi Delhi

Delhi

4 Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai Maharashtra

Bombay

5 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur West Bengal

Kharagpur

North Eastern Region Smart city ranking

Rank City

1 Agartala, Tripura

2 Namchi, Sikkim

3 Aizawl, Mizoram

The ranking of aspirational districts for July - Released by government think-tank

Niti Aayog

Rank City

1st Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

2nd Darrang, Assam

3rd Mamit, Mizoram

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 'Ease Of Doing Business' ranking 2019

Rank State

1st Andhra Pradesh

2nd Uttar Pradesh

3rd Telangana

The country to offer jobs in the field of artificial intelligence – Released by job
portal site Indeed

Rank State

1st Rank Bengaluru

2nd Rank Mumbai

3rd Rank Hyderabad

The most literate state in the country -National Statistical Office survey

Rank State

1st Rank Kerala

2nd Rank Delhi

3rd Rank Uttarakhand

The EASE 2.0 Index

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 'Top Performing Banks' category

Rank Bank

1st Rank Bank of Baroda

2nd Rank State Bank of India

3rd Rank Oriental Bank of Commerce

'Top Improvers' category

Rank Bank

1st Rank Bank of Maharashtra

2nd Rank Central Bank of India

3rd Rank Corporation Bank

Outstanding performance Category

Rank Bank

1st Rank Punjab National Bank

2nd Rank Union Bank of India

3rd Rank Canara Bank

The country’s 75 most-valuable brands -WPP Plc and Kantar

Rank State

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 1st Rank HDFC Bank

2nd Rank Life Insurance Corporation

3rd Rank Tata Consultancy Services

25th Rank Reliance Retail

QS Global MBA Rankings 2021

Rank Institutes

1st Rank IIM Ahmedabad

2nd Rank IIM Bangalore

3rd Rank IIM Calcutta

''Financial Times Masters in Management Rankings 2020''

Rank State Global Rank

1st Rank IIM Ahmedabad 20th

2nd Rank IIM Calcutta 21st

3rd Rank SP Jain Institute of Management & Research 36th

(SPJIMR)

Hurun India Rich list 2020

Rank Company name Owner Name Wealth

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 1st Rank Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani Rs 6,58,400 crore

2nd Rank Hinduja group Hinduja Brothers Rs 1,43,700 crore

3rd Rank HCL Technologies Shiv Nadar Rs 1,41,700 crore

Crimes - the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)

Rank State

1st Rank Delhi

2nd Rank Chennai

3rd Rank Mumbai

ASEEM portal- Seeking skilled workforce to resume industrial activities

Rank State

1 Karnataka

2 Maharashtra

3 Delhi

Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements(ARIIA) 2020

Rank IITs

1 IIT Madras

2 IIT Bombay

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3 IIT Delhi

4 IISc Bengaluru

5 IIT Kharagpur

The list of MUDRA loan scheme beneficiaries in women

Rank State

1 Tamil Nadu

2 West Bengal

3 Karnataka

Export Preparedness Index 2020 - released by NITI Aayog

Rank State

1 Gujarat

2 Maharashtra

3 Tamil Nadu

Best mobile gaming experience in India - report by Opensignal

Rank State

1st Rank Ahmedabad, Gujarat

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 2nd Rank Navi Mumbai , Maharashtra

3rd Rank Vadodara , Gujarat

Highest number of domestic tourists in 2019 - the Indian Tourism Statistics (ITS),
2020

Rank State

1st Rank Uttar Pradesh

2nd Rank Tamil Nadu

NCRB Ranking

Road Accidents(2019)

Rank State

1st Rank Tamil Nadu

2nd Rank Madhya Pradesh

3rd Rank Uttar Pradesh

Accident Deaths(2019)

Rank State

1st Rank Uttar Pradesh

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 2nd Rank Maharashtra

3rd Rank Madhya Pradesh

Crimes against women- NCRB

Rank City

1st Rank Delhi

2nd Rank Mumbai

3rd Rank Bangaluru

Forbes India Rich List 2020

Rank Person Amount

1st Rank Ambani $88.7 billion

2nd Rank Gautam Adani $25.2 billion

3rd Rank Shiv Nadar $20.4 billion

The table when it comes to attracting new investments - Projecx Survey data

Rank State Amount

1st Rank Chhattisgarh Rs 35,771.3 crore

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 2nd Rank Tamil Nadu Rs 23,331.85 crore

3rd Rank Karnataka Rs 19,958.9 crore

International Ranking

According to World Economic Forum – global energy transition index

Country Rank

Sweden 1st

Switzerland 2nd

Finland 3rd

India 74th

Africa region - largest annual rate – 3.9 Million Hectares - net forest loss in 2010–
2020

Net loss in Forest areas (2010 – 2020) Regions

1. Africa

2. South America

The Sunday Times Rich List 2020”

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 Rank Person

1st James Dyson

2nd Hinduja and Reuben brothers

Forbes’ annual list of the 100 top-earing athletes

Rank Person

29th Naomi Osaka

33rd Serena Williams

Manufacture of Personal Protective Equipment

Rank Country

1st China

2nd India

Hurun India Art List 2020

RANK NAME PLACE

1ST Anish Kapoor London, UK

2nd Rameshwar Broota India

3rd Krishen Khanna India

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 Forbes highest-paid athletes

RANK PERSON SPORTS

1st Roger Federer Tennis

2nd Cristiano Football

Ronaldo

3rd Lionel Messi Football

66th Virat Kohli Cricket

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University rankings

Rank IIT

1st Massachusetts Institute of

Technology

2nd Stanford University

3rd Harvard University.

172nd IIT-Bombay

185th IISc Bangalore

193rd IIT Delhi

12th Edition Of The Biennial Environment Performance Index 2020 Released By The
Yale University + Columbia University

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 Rank Country

1st Denmark

2nd Luxembourg

3rd Switzerland

168th India

Annual Forbes List of Highest Paid Celebrities:

Rank Person Amount

1st Kylie Jenner $590M

2nd Kanye West $170M

3rd Roger Federer $106.3M

52nd Akshay Kumar $48.5 million

Startupblink Ecosystems Ranking 2020

Rank Country

1 US

2 UK

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 3 Israel

23 India

Mercer’s Cost of Living Index

Rank Cities

1st Hong Kong

2nd Ashgabat

3rd Tokyo

60th Mumbai

101st New Delhi

rd Chennai
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Nature Index 2020

S.no Nature index 2020

1 Chinese Academy of sciences – China

2. Harvard University – USA

3. Max Planck Society – Germany

7. Indian Association for the cultivation of Science (IACS) - Kolkata

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 IMD's World Competitiveness Index

Rank Country

1st Singapore

2nd Denmark

3rd Switzerland

43rd India

US Treasury Department- Largest holder of US government securities at the end

of April

Rank Country Amount

1st Japan USD 1.266 trillion

2nd China $1.073 trillion

3rd UK $368.5 billion

12th India $157.4 billion

Most valuable firm

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Rank Company Country Industry Market-cap ($
bn)

1 SAUDI ARAMCO SAUDI ARABIA Oil&Gas 1764.5

2 APPLE INC UNITED STATES Computers 1515.8

3 MICROSOFT UNITED STATES Software 1479.9

CORP

57 RELIANCE INDIA Oil&Gas 150.8

INDUSTRIES

THE’s World young university ranking

Rank University

1st The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

2nd Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

3rd Paris Sciences et Lettres –PSL Research University, Paris

62nd IIT-Ropar

64th IIT-Indore

QS Rankings 2021 for young educational institutions

Rank University

1st Nanyang Technical University,Singapore

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 2nd The hong kong university of science and
Technology(HKUST)

3rd The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in

South Korea.

61st IIT-Guwahati

Money in Swiss Bank

Rank Country

1st UK

2nd US

3rd West Indies

77th India

Quacquarelli Symonds top 50 MBA rankings

Rank University

1st The Wharton School

2nd IESE Business School

3rd HEC Paris

36th IIM Bangalore

The world's richest people list released by Bloomberg's Billionaires Index

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Rank Person Company Amount

1 Jeff Bezos Amazon $172 billion

2 Bill Gates Microsoft $114 billion

3 Bernard Arnault LVMH $ 90.9 billion

9 Mukesh Ambani RIL $66.1 billion

9TH Instagram's highest-paid celebrity released by Hopper HQ

Rank Person Amount (Per Post)

1 Dwayne Johnson $1,015,000

2 Kylie Jenner $986,000

3 Cristiano Ronaldo $889,000

Global Real Estate Transparency Index released by consultant JLL

Performance countries – 99

Rank Countries

1 The United Kingdom

2 the United States

3 Australia

34 India

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Index of Cancer Preparedness released by The Economist Intelligence Unit

Rank Countries

1 Australia

2 South Korea

3 Malaysia

8 India

Bloomberg Pay Index - highest paid CEOs in US in 2019.

Rank Person Company

1 Elon Musk Tesla CEO

2 Tim Cook Apple CEO

8 Sundar Pichai Alphabet chief.

9 Satya Nadella Microsoft CEO

BrandZ – valuable technology brands in the world.

Rank Company

1 Amazon

2 Apple

3 Microsoft.

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Cushman & Wakefield – global manufacturing locations.

Rank Country

1 China

2 USA

3 India

Coursera's - Global Skills Index.

Data Science Domain

Rank Country

1 Russia

2 Switzerland

3 Belgium

51 India

Business Domain

Rank Country

1 Switzerland

2 Austria

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 3 Denmark

34 India

Technology Domain

Rank Country

1 Russia

2 Belarus

3 Switzerland

40 India

The World Federation of Direct Selling Associations - global direct selling industry
list

RANK COUNTRY

1 United States (US)

2 China

3 Korea & Germany

15 India

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 International Cricket Council Ranking

Batsmen

Rank Player Team

1 Steve Smith Australia

2 Virat Kohli India

3 Ben Stokes England

Bowlers

Rank Player Team

1 Pat Cummins Australia

2 Neil Wagner NZ

3 Jason Holder WI

All-rounders

Rank Player Team

1 Ben Stokes England

2 Jason Holder WI

3 R Jadeja India

Most surveilled city in India Released by Comparitech report

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 Rank City Country

1 Taiyuan China

2 Wuxi China

3 London England

16 Hyderabad

21 Chennai India

33 Delhi

The country's most attractive employer brand Released by Randstad Employer

Brand Research 2020

Rank Company

1 Microsoft India

2 Samsung India

3 Amazon India

Global Innovation Index 2020 -released by World Intellectual Property Organization

Rank Country

1st Switzerland

2nd Sweden

3rd USA

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 48th India

World University Rankings 2021 - released by the UK-based Times Higher

Education (THE)

INDIAN RANKING

Rank University

1st IISc Bengaluru

2nd IIT Ropar

3rd IIT Indore

WORLD RANKING

Rank University

1st Oxford University

2nd Stanford Univeristy

3rd Harvard University

“The 2020 Forbes list of 400 Richest People in America”

Rank CEO Company

1st Rank Jeff Bezos Amazon

2nd Rank Bill Gates Bill & Melinda Gates

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 Foundation

3rd Rank Mark Zuckerberg Facebook

Global economic freedom ranking released by Canada's Fraser Institute

Rank Country

1st Hong Kong

2nd Singapore

3rd New Zealand

105th India

'Global House Price Index Q2 2020' - Knight Frank - 56 countries and territories

Rank Countries

1st Rank Turkey

2nd Rank Luxembourg

3rd Rank Lithuania

54th Rank India

Billionaire List 2020 in Football – Forbes

Billionaire Person

1st Lionel Messi($126 million)

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2nd Cristiano Ronaldo ($117 million)

3rd Neymar ($96 million)

2020 Smart City Index – IMD + SUTD

Rank Place

1st Singapore

2nd Helsinki

3rd Zurich

85th Hyderabad

86th New Delhi

93rd Mumbai

95th Bengaluru

Biggest Destinations for suspect transactions in Asia

Rank State

1st Rank Singapore &Hong Kong

2nd Rank China

3rd Rank India

Top global online learners- Coursera

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 Rank Global Online Learners

1st Rank USA

2nd Rank India

World Risk Index 2020 - United Nations University Institute for Environment and
Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bundnis Entwicklung Hilft and the University of
Stuttgart in Germany

Rank Country

1st Rank Vanuatu

2nd Rank Tonga

3rd Rank Dominica

89th Rank India

Forbes magazine - world's highest-paid male actors

Rank Actor

1 Dwayne Johnson

2 Ryan Reynolds

3 Mark Wahlberg

6 Akshay Kumar

Knight Frank report - 'Prime Global Cities Index Q2 2020'

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Rank Country

1 Manila, The Phillippine

2 Tokyo, Japan

3 Stockholm, Sweden

26 Bengaluru, India

27 Delhi, India

32 Mumbai, India

Forbes - Real Time Billionaires List

Rank Name Company

1 Jezz Bezos Amazon

2 Bill Gates Microsoft

3 Bernard Arnault & family LVMH

7 Mukesh Ambani Reliance Industries

Global Ranking of Average Wages Report - This Report is prepared by Picodi.com.

Rank Country

1 Switzerland

2 Luxembourg

3 United States

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72 India

Global Hunger Index 2020 – 107 Countries

Rank Country

64th Rank Sri Lanka

73rd Rank Nepal

75th Rank Bangladesh

78th Rank Myanmar

88th Rank Pakistan

94th Rank India

Safest aerodrome globally for effective implementation of coronavirus-related

health and safety protocols

Rank Airport

1st Singapore Changi Airport

Delhi’s IGI Airport

2nd Frankfurt Airport

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

Ookla

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 Mobile Internet Speed – 138 Countries

Rank Country

1st South Korea

2nd China

3rd United Arab Emirates

131st India

Broadband ranking – 175 countries

Rank Country

1st Singapore

2nd Hong Kong

3rd Romania

70th India

Financial Times Executive MBA (EMBA) ranking 2020

Financial Times Executive MBA

Rank College

1st Kellogg/HKUST Business School

2nd Ceibs

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 3rd HEC Paris

53rd Indian School of Business

95th IIM Bangalore

Trust ranking - Counterpoint Research

Rank Company

1st Rank Nokia

2nd Rank One Plus

3rd Rank Samsung

Nation Brand Index (NBI) 2020 - Ipsos and Simon Anholt

Rank State

1st Rank Germany

2nd Rank UK

3rd Rank Canada

34th Rank India

Global biotech employers for 2020 on the U.S-based 'Science' magazine's annual
'Science Careers Top 20 Employers' list

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Rank Company Place

1st Regeneron Tarrytown, NY

2nd Incyte Washington DC., USA

3rd Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Cambridge

5th Biocon Limited Bangalore, India

The list of highest-paid actress – Forbes

Rank Actress Salary

1st Rank Sofia Vergara $43 million

2nd Rank Angelina Jolie $35.5 million

3rd Rank Gal Gadot $31 million

ICC women’s T20 team rankings

Rank T20 Team Name

1st Rank Australia

2nd Rank England

3rd Rank India

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 'Most Dangerous Celebrity' list – McAfee

Rank Celebrity

1st Rank Cristiano Ronaldo

2nd Rank Tabu

3rd Rank Taapsee Pannu

IIFL Wealth Hurun India 40 & Under Self-Made Rich List 2020

Rank Name Company Amount

1st Nithin and Nikhil Kamath Zerodha Rs 24,000 crore

2nd Divyank Turakhia media.net Rs 14,000 crore.

3rd Amod Malviya, Vaibhav Gupta Udaan Rs. 13,100 Crore

and Sujeet Kumar

Passport Index - Arton Capital

Rank Country

1st New Zealand

2nd Japan ,Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Ireland, South Korea

and Australia.

3rd Sweden, Belgium, France, Finland, Italy, Spain

58th India

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 World Bank's annual Human Capital Index 2020 – India(116) - Total countries
- 174 countries
 Town & Country magazine - Only Indian in top Philanthropists global list- Nita
Ambani.
 Ruchi Soya – top 100 most-valued companies list (market capitalization) –
94th place
 Amitabh Bachchan - the most trusted, prestigious and respected celebrity
brand endorser in the country - According to the Indian Institute of Human
Brands
 Ravi Santhanam, CMO HDFC Bank – 39th rank - the Forbes list of ‘The World’s
Most Influential CMOs’ - released by Forbes + Sprinklr + LinkedIn – 8th
edition

AWARDS

NATIONAL AWARDS

 Rajiv Joshi – INVENTOR of the Year – IIT Mumbai alumnus & IBM.
 Kritika Pandey - “Commonwealth Short Story 2020” award – for the book
“The Great Indian Tee and Snakes”.
 Renjith Kumar- “NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal”.
 Gulabbai Sangamnerkar-“Maharashtra’s Vithabai Narayangaokar Lifetime
achievement” award (folk).
 Himachal Pradesh state Panchayati raj department- e-Panchayat Puraskar
2020- for effective use of e-applications.
 Kayakalp award- for 6 district’s hospitals of Jammu and Kashmir.

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 C.Rangarajan – ‘P C MAHALANOBIS award - Lifetime achievement award-on
Statistics Day.
 Freya Thakral - The Diana Award for Positive Contribution to Society - New
Delhi – Recycler(App)
 Indian battalion - UNIFIL environment award for a project - aim to decrease
waste generation, reuse plastic, build green houses and compost pits
 The International Olympic Committee - EU Green Building Leadership Award
for the year 2020
 Kezang D Thongdok (Arunachal Pradesh) - Dada Saheb Phalke Award -
documentary on honey making (CHI LUPA).
 The Mukhyamantri Darpan and mobile App - Chhattisgarh - "Elites Excellence
Awards-2020”.
 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Paul Harris Fellow - Rotary Foundation of Rotary
International, Chicago.
 Ashok Kumar (Hockey) - Mohun Bagan Lifetime Achievement Award.
 South Central Railway’s Ongole (Andra Pradesh) Sub-Division Office - WATER
HEROES AWARD - Jal Shakti Ministry.
 Aditya Puri - the highest paid banker - FY 2019-20.
 Dr. S. Suresh Babu - National Award for Atmospheric Science and technology.
 Dr. V. V. S. S. Sarma - The National Award for Ocean Science and technology.
 Professor Ashok Sahni - Life Time Excellence Award.
 Namami Gange project - won Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public
Administration 2020.
 Kala Narayanasamy-Nurses for serving on the frontline during the COVID-19
pandemic.
 River Ganga, Varanasi –the Cleanest Town Award in Swachh Survekshan
awards 2020
 New Delhi - the Cleanest Capital City in Swachh Survekshan awards 2020

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 Chhattisgarh -the first place in the states with over 100 cities in Swachh
Survekshan awards 2020
 Jharkhand -the state in the category of states with less than 100 cities in
Swachh Survekshan awards 2020
 Jalandhar Cantonment Board -the Cleanest Cantonment Board in the country
in Swachh Survekshan awards 2020
 Ahmedabad in Gujarat - the Cleanest City with over 40 lakh population in
Swachh Survekshan awards 2020
 Sunil Kumar Vuppala - Zinnov Award 2020 - contribution to the field of
artificial intelligence and data analytics
 Dipankar Ghose - Prem Bhatia Award 2020 - political reporting
 P. Sainath’s People’s Archive of India - Prem Bhatia Award 2020 - reporting
on environmental and development issues
 11 Women - Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment award
 IIT Kharagpur (Prof Partha Saha and Dr Aditya Bandopadhyay) - ‘Gandhian
Young Technological Innovation Awards 2020’ - for developing a mechanism
for generating electricity from wet clothes left under sunlight to dry.
 IIT Kharagpur(Prof Sunando Dasgupta and his team) - ‘Gandhian Young
Technological Innovation Awards 2020’ - “Smart, flexible, and multi-functional
thermal and energy management systems for next-generation electronic
devices”
 Defence Institute of Advanced Technology - the Smart India Hackathon 2020 -
provide a solution titled "DRISHTI" to recognize face, expression and gesture
using artificial intelligence
 Piyush Chanana - Neilom Prize for 2019 - contribution in the space of
assistive technology to empower people with disabilities
 Chingari - AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge’s ‘Social’ category
 Mitron - special mention of AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge

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 FSSAI - The Food Systems Vision Prize for its ‘Eat Right India’ movement
 Jamia students’ crop prediction software - Rs 1 lakh at Smart India
Hackathon 2020
 Dr Raj Paroda - the Dr MS Swaminathan Award for Environment Protection
2020 - by the Rotary Club of Madras East
 Akshat Malik - the Indian Achievers Award 2020 for Healthcare Excellence
 121 Police personnel - “Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in
Investigation” for the year 2020 - include twenty one (21) women police
officers.
 REHAU Polymers = Prestigious IKC Innovative Kitchen Product Award
(Materials)
 Gagan Arora ="CEO Of The Year 2020" Award.
 Soumya Swaminathan - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's special award
 Senthamizh Selvi + Muthamaal + Ananthavalli = The Kalpana Chawla Award
 Tirunagari Ramanujam = the Dasaradhi Award for 2020 = honored by
Telangana Chief Minister
 UST Global - PMI Kerala Community Project of the Year Award for 2020
 Dwijing Festival, Assam - 5 Awards At WOW Awards Asia – 2020
 Techgentsia Software Technologies Private Limited, Kerala - V-Consol app -
‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat Innovation Challenge for the development of
videoconferencing solution’
 'Am I?' - first prize in Online Patriotic Short Film Contest - directed by Abhijit
Paul
 Reshma Mohandas - the Tomyas Award – Kerala
 The Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune - Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
2020
 NLCIL - ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’(cleanliness is service) 2019 award
 Sonam Gyaltsan - the National Award to Teacher, 2020 – Ladakh

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 Wabag - the Prestigious Global Water Award
 Inam-Ur-Rehman - honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the
Madhya Pradesh government – Hockey
 International Hockey player Karishma Yadav - the Vikram Award from the
Madhya Pradesh government for excellence in sports.
 Ishika Chaudhary -receive Eklavya Award from MP govt - Indian Junior
Women's Hockey team
 Satyendra Singh - first Divyang sportsperson of country to get prestigious
Adventure Award – Swimmer – Madhya Pradesh
 The ‘Vattatha Uravakkayi Jalasamrudhi’ project - Kattakkada,Kerala - water
conservation award for excellence
 Para-athlete Jayanti Behera and hockey player Deep Grace Ekka - Biju Patnaik
Sports Award
 Roohi Sultana (J & K) - National Teachers Award 2020.
 Shantanu Narayen, Anand Mahindra = USISPF’s 2020 Leadership Awards.
 NTPC, Vallur - AIMA Chanakya National Management Games 2020
 S Gopakumar - Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal for 2020 - outstanding
contribution to Indian architecture
 38 Teachers and Principals - CBSE Teachers Award
 Rama Chandramouli - the Kaloji Narayana Rao Literary Award – presented by
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao
 West Bengal - WSIS award under the e-government category - for Sabuj Sathi
project
 47 teachers - National Teachers' Award 2020 - by President Ram Nath Kovind
 Chennai Metrowater's quarry project - Award of Excellence in the 'Innovation
in Rainwater Harvesting' category
 Tamil Nadu CM – 131 - Anna Medals for uniformed services personnel

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 12 - first ever AICTE - Visvesvaraya Best Teachers Award 2020 - Presented by
Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal‘Nishank’
 Vikas Khanna - the prestigious 2020 Asia Game Changer Award
 34 - Second Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award
 Udit Singhal - United Nations to the 2020 cohort of young leaders for the
Sustainable Development Goals
 K.A. Padmanabhan - the ‘Lifetime contribution award in engineering’ for 2020
- former dean of IIT Madras
 Esha Datanwala - the New York Academy of Sciences’ ‘Tracking Coronavirus
Innovation Challenge’
 Dasa Sutras’ - the prestigious “SKOCH Award 2020”
 Madras city Management Association - the award for the ‘Best Management
Association in India’ for the year 2019-20
 Narendra Modi - Ig Nobel Prize for 2020
 Shashank Nimkar - the James Dyson India Award 2020 - invention- ‘Earth
Tatva’
 Krushi Bhawan building, Odisha - the "People's Choice Winner" at the AZ
Awards 2020 in Social Good Category.
 42 - the National Service Scheme Awards for the year 2018-19 by President
Ram Nath Kovind
 Kerala - United Nations award for its "outstanding contribution" towards the
non-communicable diseases-related sustainable development goals
 Saurabh Mehta, its team - NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge prize for
phone-based saliva test
 Magawa (RAT) - animal hero award for sniffing out unexploded landmines in
Cambodia
 Surajit Dhara - prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science
and Technology’ 2020

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  Maharashtra Metro - ‘Construction World Person of the Year 2020’
 NIIST - CSIR-Technology Award for best innovation in 2020 for development
of which instrument - hand-held Raman spectrometer.
 Actor Sonu Sood - the prestigious SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by
UNDP
 Uttar Pradesh - 8 awards in Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan - launched by the
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation under the Union Ministry of Jal
Shakti
 Maharashtra - announced the Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar award for the
year 2020-21 to veteran female playback singer Usha Mangeshkar
 Dr Bushra Ateeq + Dr Surajit Ghosh & Dr Ravi Manjithaya - Prestigious CDRI
Award 2020 for their outstanding contribution in drug discovery and
development

Pallikkutam national awards for innovation in Education

Award Rural Schools City

Golden Award St Christopher School Chessore, Village,

Nagaland

silver award DAV Public School Haryana

bronze award CMI Christ School Iritty , Kerala

Pallikkutam national awards for startups in education

Award Pvt Ltds City

Golden Award Harappa Education Pvt Ltd Delhi

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silver award Stellariz EdTech Solutions Pvt Ltd Kochi, kerala

bronze award KidzByte Media Tech Pvt Ltd Mumbai, Maharashtra

Swachh Survekshan Awards 2020

Rank City

1 Indore, Madhya Pradesh

2 Surat, Gujarat

3 Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

Data Innovation Bazaar 2020

Prize Company

st
1 arogyaAI Innovations Private Limited

nd
2 Anukai Solutions Private Limited

rd
3 Agua Wireless Systems Private Limited

Developing startup ecosystem ranking 2019

Category X - This group has all States and UTs except those in Category ‘Y’

Category State

Best Performer Gujarat

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 Top Performers Karnataka

Kerala

Category Y - This group has all North-Eastern States except Assam and all UTs
except Delhi.

Category State

Best Performer Andaman and Nicobar

Islands

Leader Chandigarh

The 65th SKOCH summit Award.

Mon district SKOCH Order of Merit District Response to COVID-19

Administration,
SKOCH Concible Award Financially Inclusive Mon
Nagalands
SKOCH Honorable Skill Mon Mission
Mention

Raksha Mantri Trophy for the Best Command Hospital for the year 2019 Presented
by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Rank Hospital

1st Command Hospital (Air Force) Bengaluru

2nd Command Hospital (Eastern Command)

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 Kolkata

Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar of Western Naval Command - awards to naval officers

Count Awards

one Bar to Nausena Medal

(gallantry)

three Nausena Medals (gallantry)

three Nausena Medals (devotion to

duty)

three Vishisht Seva Medals

one Capt Ravi Dhir Memorial Gold

Medal for promoting Flight
Safety

one Jeevan Raksha Padak for

displaying courage and alacrity
in saving life

National-level Ayush Sanjivani quiz contest on MyGov platform

Prize Name

1st Nisha Tamal

2nd Dr. Mrinmayee, Rohit and Himanshu Gupta.

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 3rd Emily Vasantha Manogary, Dr Nidhi Garg, Vedika Gupta, Pooja
Goswami, and Anshu Tiwari.

Swachh Bharat Awards 2020

Category Winner

Gujarat – State Level

Swachh Sundar Samudayik Shouchalaya Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu – District Level

category
Khachrod block in Ujjain district in
Madhya Pradesh – Block Level

Chinnanur Village in Tamil Nadu - Gram

Panchayat level

the Samudayik Shouchalaya Abhiyan Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh – State Level

Prayagraj and Bareilly – District Level

the Gandagi Mukth Bharat Mission Haryana and Telangana

Person Award Name Category Given by Details

Anika Chebrolu 3M Young discovery that

Scientist could provide a
Challenge potential
treatment for
Covid-19

Nityananda prestigious Odia Poet

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 Nayak Sarala Puraskar

Global 2020 UN Global efforts to

Himalayan Climate Action combat climate
Expedition Award change amid
COVID-19

Dr Satish "DrTulsi Das National

Mishra Chugh Award- Academy of
2020" Medical
Sciences
(India)

Andhra Pradesh SKOCH awards the work done

2020 with the help of
technological
advancements
during the
Covid-19
pandemic

Rambabu Dr. A. V. Rama significant

Chegondi Rao Young research
Scientist contributions in
Award-2019 the area of
'Organic
Chemistry

The Chandigarh HUDCO Award Best Practices

Housing Board for 2019-20 to Improve the
Living

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 Environment

Tamil Nadu 16th Nani

National Law Palkhivala moot
University, court
Tiruchy competition

Minimol the national FICCI excellence in

Varghese award nursing care

Taraltech first National Urban

Solutions Start-Up Services
Private Limited Awards-2020 category

Wealthy Health care

Therapeutics category.

Jackfruit365 'food
processing'
category

Nava Design & the

Innovation 'agriculture -
productivity'
segment

Kesra Ram Dhahan Prize for excellence in

Punjabi
Literature 2020
for his collection
of short stories
Zanani Paud

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 Cochin the Green Co first CII
Shipyard Silver rating company in
Limited the shipping
sector

Ezhacherry Vayalar Award His creation ‘Oru

Ramachandran 2020 Virginian
Veyilkalam’ won
him the honour

INS Sahyadri Capital

ships
Fleet Award
INS Kora Function(FAF), Corvettes
2020 and similar
classes of
ships

Indian Naval Best Spirited

Ships Airavat Ship’
and Kiltan

S.L. Bhyrappa Dr. Kota

Shivaram
Karanth
Huttoora
Prashasti-2020

J. K.V. Rotary Club of

Radhakrishnan Thiruvengadam Madras East
Award 2020 and Kauvery

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 Hospital

8 Beaches Blue Flag India becomes

certification first nation

The North Delhi bringing energy

Municipal saving in street
Corporation lighting system

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

 Vladimir Putin (Russia) - honoured - World War II medal to - Kim Jong-un

(North Korea).
 Joseph J Landsberg (AUS) - Richard H Waring (USA) - Nicholas C Coops
(CANADA) - Marcus Wallenberg Prize -3-PG (Physiological Principles
Predicting Growth), a model to predict forest growth in a changing climate -
Prize money - 2 million Kronor (Sweden Krona).
 Sravva Annappareddy - “Coronavirus Heroes”- Indian-American recognized by
Donald trump.
 Laila Khan--“Coronavirus Heroes”-Pakistan -American-recognized by Donald
trump.
 Hahnemann Scientific Laboratory (India) Pvt Ltd- Economic Times Iconic
Brand 2019-20.

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 Marcus Rashford (Football) + FareShare- special award for charity work
during COVID-19 pandemic.
 Major Suman Gawani- UN MILITARY Gender Advocate of the year award.
Under UNMISS.
 Quarraisha Abdool Karim- 46 lakhs- Christophe Merieux Prize- South Africa.
 Socio Economic and Educational Development Society (SEEDS INDIA) -World
No Tobacco Day Award 2020 by WHO.
 Kiran Mazumdar Shaw- Executive Chairperson and Managing Director of
Biocon Limited, - EY World Entrepreneur of the Year for 2020.
 Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad) - Platinum Recognition in ACI
 Asia-Pacific Green Airports recognition 2020 - Effective water management.
 Javed Akhtar - Richard Dawkins Award - By Center For Inquiry (CFI).
 Dr Rattan Lal - 2020 World Food Prize - developing and mainstreaming - soil-
centric approach - increase food production - conserves natural resources
and mitigates climate change.
 Kritika Pandey - the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize - "The Great Indian
Tee and Snakes"
 MINT -the best ‘Newspaper Front Page Design’ award - WAN-IFRA’s 19th
Asian Media Awards
 “This is Us” - ASCAP Screen Music Award - Siddhartha Khosla
 Elton John - to honor with commemorative coin by Royal Mint – Singer
 Arnab Chaudhur-Legend of Indian Animation Award 2020.
 ADITYA - India’s first solar-powered ferry has won the prestigious Gustave
Trouve Award for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating
 Indian-origin writer Avni Doshi won Booker Prize award 2020 for Burnt Sugar.

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  Samridhi Kalia - World record - 100 yoga poses within minutes in a confined
space
 N Chandrasekaran (Tata Group) - USIBC Global Leadership Award.
 Moothon and Run Kalyani - Best Film award at the 20th edition of New York
Indian Film Festival.
 Marieke Lucas Rijneveld - the youngest author to win the International
Booker Prize - The Discomfort of Evening
 David Attenborough - the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize - UK Broadcaster
 Maggie O’Farrell - the Women’s Prize for Fiction – Hamnet
 Margaret Atwood - The Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement
Award
 Anuya Nisal - 2020 Young Entrepreneur award presented by INAE
 Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) - Norway's Rafto Prize
for human rights
CogX2020, London

MyGov Corona Best innovation for COVID-19 - Society

Helpdesk-
People’s choice COVID-19 overall winner

Person Award Name Given by Details

Ratan Tata lifetime The Indo-American

achievement award Chamber of
Commerce

B. Rohith United Nations his paper entitled

WMO (World 'Basin-wide sea
Meteorological level coherency

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 Organisation)
Research Award

Rayana Edwards Goldman Sachs

and Fortune Global
Women Leaders
award 2020

SpaceX Pentagon award missile tracking

satellites

Sarah Hall the BBC National For The Grotesques

Short Story Award
- the first writer

Earthshot Prize UK the most innovative

solutions to some
of the world's most
pressing
environmental
challenges

Caritas India Caritas India best NGO for

healthcare services
during Covid-19

Kani Kusruti BRICS best actress 42nd Moscow

award International Film
Festival

Harish Kotecha Sandra Neese recognition of his

Lifetime work in the US for
Achievement meeting the needs

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 Award of children and
youth experiencing
homelessness

Mrs. Seema Gupta GOLD Stevie® LIFETIME the 17th annual

Award ACHIEVEMENT- Stevie Awards for
BUSINESS category Women in
Business. -Director
(Operations) of
POWERGRID

excellence in civil
The Mangdechhu
the prestigious engineering. Joint
hydroelectric
Brunel Medal venture of India +
project
Bhutan

the India
Kaanthi , Ashok R.
the best film International Film
Nath
Festival of Boston

Shylaja P. Ambu best actor (female)

Lifetime
Om Puri Achievement
Award

Honesty in
The Quaid Millat
Bilkis Politics/Public Life,
Award
2020

Dr A N The Asia Pacific in the field of

Chandrasekaran League of rheumatology

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 Association for
Rheumatology
Master Award 2020

teach children
through initiative
Anamika S Youth Icon Award named Ente
Naatile Smart
Class

a special prize of global art

Anzar Mustaeen,
USD 1000 for his competition
Bangladesh
artwork organised by ICCR

DBS Bank 'Safest Bank in Asia

launching
Indiaspora and
2020 Global Canada-India
M R Rangaswami connecting the
Service Award Business Council
Indian diaspora
globally

BANKING

RBI

 3 months- Extended- moratorium on term loans & deferment of interest on

working capital facilities.
 Extended Rs.15, 000cr- line of credit- to EXIM Bank for 90 days to meet its
foreign exchange requirements.
 RBI - upper age limit - 70 years - bank CEOs - whole- time directors.

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 The Reserve Bank of India - Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank
(PMC) - withdrawal limit from Rs.50, 000 to Rs 1 lakh.
 The Reserve Bank of India - non-banking finance company (NBFC) and
housing finance company (HFC) with more than 6 per cent net non-
performing asset will be not eligible to receive support from the Rs 30,000
crore special liquidity scheme.
 RBI - $400mn currency swap with Sri Lanka.
 RBI- Bank’s gross NPA rise to 12.5% in March 2021.
 RBI - 'Innovation Hub' - ideation and incubation of new capabilities
 RBI - ₹5,000 crore -additional special liquidity facility to National Housing
Bank
 RBI - ₹5,000 crore -additional special liquidity facility to NABARD
 RBI - has recommended a ‘5 C’ approach for dissemination of financial
education in the country
 RBI - extended the validity of its directions to Rupee Co-operative Bank till
November 30, 2020
 RBI - Rs 20,000 crore – OMOs
 RBI - Rs 50 crore – loans for start-ups
 RBI - Rs 10 crore – loans for health infrastructure
 RBI - Rs 30 crore.– loans for renewable energy
 RBI - Rs 10 lakh – loans for non-conventional energy based public utilities
 RBI - to set up innovation hub for finance sector
 RBI - to continue with the relaxation of the marginal standing facility till March
2021
 RBI - the risk weightage to LTV ratio for all new housing loans sanctioned up
to March 31, 2022
 RBI - the payment operators must shift to interoperable Quick Response (QR)
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 The Reserve Bank of India - conduct on-tap TLTRO worth Rs 1 trillion to
nudge credit growth.
 RBI - real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system available round the clock on
all days from December 2020
Penalty for flouting Banking rules:

Bank of India. Rs. 5 crore

Karnataka Bank 1.20 crore

Saraswat Cooperative Rs 30 lakhs

Bank

Citi Bank NA Rs. 4 crore

Bharat Co-operative Bank Rs 60 lakh

TJSB Sahakari Bank Rs 45 lakh

Nagar Urban Co-operative Rs 40 lakh

Bank

DCB Bank Rs 22 lakh

Jio Payments Bank Rs 1 crore

IndusInd Bank Rs 4.5-cr

PUBLIC BANKS
State Bank of India

 SBI - Special Deposit Scheme - senior citizens - higher interest rate

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 “Bharat Craft”- e-Commerce portal - for marketing of products manufacturing
by MSMEs.
 SBI - Rs. 300 Crore - term loan to PTC India Financial Services - tenor of three
years
 SBI + Maharashtra = setting up a stress fund to restart stuck slum
rehabilitation projects in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and other urban
areas of the state = Rs 700 crore to Rs 1,000 crore
 State Bank of India is providing liquidity support of USD 16.20 million to
Maldives.
 SBI - “KCC Review option” – on YONO Krishi to enable farmers to access their
KCC limit in four clicks
 State Bank of India + AddaCorner = online home carnival to Boost Real Estate
Deals In Bengaluru
 State Bank of India - Brandon Hall Excellence Award for Best Learning
Program supporting a Change Transformation Business Strategy
 State Bank of India - SAFAL - Safe and Fast Agriculture Loan - a loan product
primarily focused on organic cotton growers.
 State Bank of India - portal for restructuring retail loans
 State Bank of India - online portal for smooth and hassle-free implementation
of the Restructuring Policy
 State Bank of India - ₹6,000 crore - to the Andhra Pradesh SDC for taking up
various developmental works in the state
 SBI + edX - offer Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on the platform
 SBI + JBIC - $1 billion - manufacturers, suppliers and dealers of Japanese
automobiles in India
 State Bank Of India + Hindustan Unilever = Provide easy access to credit to
small retailers
 NABARD + State Bank of India = extend credit support for various projects
in Gujarat

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 PNB - opened an emergency credit line - the MSME sector – help it tide over
liquidity issues amid the coronavirus crisis.
 PNB - Rs 750 Cr Credit line - Gorakhpur Link Expressway – 91 km.
 Punjab National Bank - financial inclusion and literacy initiative 'Gram
Sampark Abhiyan' - commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma
Gandhi
Bank of Baroda
 Rs.12, 000cr- for MSMEs- under govt. scheme.
 BOB - ‘Insta Click Savings Account’ - a 100 per cent paperless digital self-
assisted online savings account.
 Bank of Baroda - a scheme for two per cent interest subvention 12 months for
SHISHU category of borrowers under MUDRA scheme.
 Bank of Baroda + Mahindra & Mahindra - tractor finance business to boost
to agri business and will help farmers
 Bank of Baroda + Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) = enable finance options for
the automaker''s customers and dealers
 Bank of Baroda - the third edition of ‘Baroda Kisan Pakhwada’ - to promote
agri-focussed schemes under Atmanirbhar package
 Bank of Baroda - offers for home and car loan borrowers
Bank of Maharashtra
 Rs.2, 789cr- over 3 months- to MSMEs-to self-help groups, agricultural & retail
borrowers.
 Bank of Maharashtra - OD facility against fixed deposits, up to 90% FD
available through OD.

Canara Bank

 Special business vertical dedicated to gold loans- interest 7.85% per annum.

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 Canara Bank - i-Lead 2.0(Inspiring Leads System version 2.0) - to Increase
Reach Of Banking Services

Indian Bank
 IND GECLS COVID -19 scheme for MSME, Mudra and other Business
enterprises- maximum loan amount-Rs. 5 crore, repayment period maximum
48 months
 Indian Bank - e-facility for restructuring of personal loans
 Indian Bank + IIT-Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC) - an initiative IND Spring
Board - funding start-ups
 Indian Bank - Kisan credit card loan scheme for fishermen in Tamil Nadu -
loans of up to₹2 lakh - 7 per cent interest rate
 Indian Bank - business mentoring programme 'MSME Prerana' - support
MSMEs – launched by Finance Ministry
 Indian Bank + the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs + SIDBI - payment
of subsidy to street vendors under the Centre's SVANidhi Scheme

Bank of India
 Bank of India - “Signature Visa Debit Card” for the affluent/high net worth
individuals
PRIVATE BANKS

Axis Bank

 Maruti Suzuki India + Axis Bank = to offer easy vehicle financing options for
potential car buyers
 Axis Bank unveils automated voice assistant ‘AXAA’ to address customer
queries and request.
 Axis Bank - Axis Liberty Savings Account - for millennial customers

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 Axis Bank - affordable loans via Bayer’s Better Life Farming initiative - to
provide holistic financial solutions to smallholder farmers and rural farming
communities

Bandhan Bank

 Bandhan Bank – a new vertical called Emerging Entrepreneurs Business (EEB)

- to support the emerging needs of the unbanked and underbanked segment
of customers

Catholic Syrian Bank

 CSB Bank + IIFL Finance - offer gold loans in untapped locations, including
rural areas

IDFC First Bank

 Video KYC facility- on savings account opening- interest rate-7%

ICICI Bank

 “ICICI Bank Golden Years FD”-for senior citizens – with 6.55% per annum
interest-Limit: 2cr -period >5yrs.
 Maruti Suzuki + ICICI Bank – to offer retail financing schemes.
 PhonePe + ICICI - on UPI multi-bank model.
 Insta Flexi Cash - ICICI bank - overdraft facility - salary account customers
 ICICI Bank - use of satellite data to power credit assessment of farmers
 ICICI Bank – virtual property exhibition ‘Home Utsav’
 ICICI Bank – iStartup2.0 as a ‘one-stop-shop’ for early and growth stage
needs of startups
 ICICI Bank - festive bonanza campaign that offers attractive benefits to retail
and business customers on various banking products and service

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 ICICI Bank - the services that would enable its customers to create fixed
deposits, pay utility bills and access details of trade finance instantly on
WhatsApp

Federal Bank

 Federal Bank + MoneyGram Payment System - cost-effective direct-to-bank

account credit option - customers in India
 Federal Bank = Fiserv to Support Launch of Their First Independent Credit
Card
 Federal Bank + Innoviti Payment Solutions = provide convenient and
affordable options of Federal Bank Debit Cards through Innoviti POS
terminals.

Kotak Mahindra Bank

 1st bank in India- to allow Video KYC for opening Savings account.
 Kodak Mahindra bank +Innoviti Payment Solutions = Equated monthly billing
 Kotak Mahindra Bank – Digi Home Loans for its customers
 Kodak Mahindra Bank - year’s festive season celebrations to woo
borrowers

HDFC Bank

 “Summer Treats” campaign launched.

 Hyundai Motor India Ltd + HDFC Bank = “Click to Buy” – customized
financing solutions - buying cars through its online automotive retail platform.
 HDFC Bank – ZipDrive - instant auto loans to its customers.
 HDFC Bank - 'Shaurya KGC Card' - armed forces engaged in agricultural
activities - life cover of ₹10 lakh
 HDFC Bank + Adobe = to enhance the digital experience journey of its
customers

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 HDFC Bank + Volvo Car India = Volvo Car Financial Services to enable buyers
get easy finance for its vehicles
 HDFC Bank – video Know Your Customer facility for its customers
 HDFC Bank - Festive Treats 2.0 campaign under which customers can avail
special deals on all banking products
 HDFC Bank - a month-long mega online property show 'India Homes Fair' to
woo NRIs
 HDFC Bank + Apollo Hospitals - healthcare solution called the HealthyLife
programme - will be accessible from anywhere
 Tata Motors + HDFC Bank - 'Gradual Step Up Scheme' and 'TML Flexi Drive
Scheme' for financing of passenger vehicles
 HDFC Bank - cashback offers and other incentives for small and medium-
sized merchants across the metro, semi-urban and rural markets

IndusInd Bank

 “Indus Corporate” – App to open current account.

IDBI Bank

 IDBI Bank – “document embedding” provides banks with the functionality of

transmitting a “pdf” document up to 1MB size along with the LC / BG
messages
 IDBI Bank - launch of banking services on WhatsApp include account balance
information, last five transactions and request for cheque book

Karnataka Bank

 KBL Micro Mitra - for small firms - Rs.10lakh to micro manufacturing and
service enterprises.

KarurVysya Bank

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 Maruti partners + KVB - flexible financing – Car loan - schemes - new
customers.
 KVB + Star Health and Allied Insurance = to offer a wide range of health
insurance options to its customers
 KVB + Bajaj Allianz Life = to offer life insurance solutions to its customers
 KVB + Tata Motors = fund buyers of Tata passenger vehicles

Lakshmi Vilas Bank

 RBI approved - extension of tenure - MD and CEO Subramanian Sundar – For

6 months (Till November).
 Lakshmi Vilas Bank – receive an indicative non-binding offer from Clix Group

Yes Bank

 Loans in Seconds - Yes Bank - instant disbursal of retail loans for the bank’s
pre-approved liability customers
 Yes Bank + ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd = bancassurance
tie-up with which bank for selling its insurance products
 SBI General insurance + YES BANK = Corporate Agency Agreement – the
distribution of retail products of SBI General Insurance Company for its
corporate and retail customers
 Yes Bank + SBI Life Insurance = bancassurance
 Yes Bank + HDFC Life Insurance - corporate agency agreement – to offer a
comprehensive bouquet of life insurance solutions to the bank’s customers
across the country
 BSE + Yes Bank = to empower the small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
listed on the platform

SMALL FINANCE BANK

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 Fino Payment Bank – Partnered with 2-3 NBFCs- to source loans in rural
areas.
 Suryoday Small Finance Bank - a working capital product - small overdraft
limit –Rs 5000.
 Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd - video KYC account - to open a savings
account with the lender
 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank – small commercial vehicle finance for its
customers in tier II and III cities
 Janalakshmi Small Finance Bank - sponsor bank for Ashoknagar Co-
operative Bank

PAYMENTS BANK

 Airtel Payment Bank + MasterCard – to develop products for farmers, SMEs.

 Airtel Payments Bank – Suraksha Salary Account - a new salary account -
micro, small and medium enterprises - no charges - cash withdrawals – upto
Rs 50,000 - deposits upto - Rs 20,000 in one month
 Airtel Payments Bank + NSDC - to train and skill young people in rural areas
on financial services.
 Fino Payments Bank Limited – Bhavishya - savings account scheme for
minors aged between 10-18 years.
 Fino Payments Bank - Jan BachatKhata - neo-banking experience to
consumers
 Fino Payments Bank + fintech partners = NFC-based contactless payments
solution for mass transit systems, especially state bus transport services in
India
 Fino Payments Bank - human ATM’ to move will bring services closer to
people

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 MUTUAL FUND
 Aditya Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Limited - voice-based
services with Google Assistant
 LIC Mutual Fund + BSE = eKYC services on BSE StAR MF
 (AMFI – The Association of Mutual Funds in India) - Agency to carry out
valuation of market-linked debentures.

INSURANCE
 SBI General Insurance - Arogya Sanjeevani Health Insurance Policy - A
Standard Health Insurance Policy - The sum ranged from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 5
lakhs.
 ICICI Lombard + PhonePe =comprehensive, industry-first domestic multi-trip
insurance cover (Sum assured – 5 lakhs, premium – 499).
 Tata AIG launches usage-based insurance cover-“AutoSafe”- for private car
owners.
 ICICI Lombard + Kolkata Police - provide relief measures - flood-affected
districts – post cyclone Amphan.
 HDFC Ergo + Tropogo - Country’s first drone cover - property damages and
physical injuries - flying machines
 ‘Critical Connect’ - Liberty General Insurance - Health Insurance Policy -
Covers up To 60 Illnesses (1 lakh – 1 crore).
 Bharti AXA General Insurance -received Rs 800 cr- worth crop insurance
mandate from Maharashtra and Karnataka governments --to insure farmer.
 Muthoot Fincorp – portal-Restart India- MSMEs to restart businesses across
the country.
 PhonePe + ICICI Lombard --to launch Hospital Daily cash cover under Group
Safeguard Insurance premium of cover 130.
 Tata AIA Life Insurance Co. Ltd-launched Express Claim, a service claims
paid within four hours.

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 Amazon Pay + Acko General Insurance Ltd- to offer two- and four-wheeler
insurance policies in India.
 Airtel Payments Bank + Bharti AXA General Insurance = to offer Shop
Insurance for its retailers and merchants
 LIC - a special revival campaign for its customers to revive their individual
lapsed policies
 Muthoot Finance + Kotak Mahindra General Insurance = to offer COVID-19
insurance cover of up to Rs 1 lakh against gold loan.
 Bharti AXA Life Insurance Co. Ltd + SBM Bank India = bancassurance
 Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank + SBI General Insurance Co Ltd = to sell
general insurance products through the branches
 SBI General Insurance - 'Shagun - Gift an insurance' policy
 Bajaj Allianz General Insurance - a pet dog insurance policy that covers pet
dogs
 Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance - ‘Smart Assist’ - real-time assistance to
customers
 Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance + Andhra Pragathi
Grameena Bank = to offer Life Insurance
 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance - 'LiGo' - customer service chatbot on Google
Assistant
 Liberty General Insurance – special Travel Insurance for flight bookings on
Flipkart – Sum Insured (INR) Maximum up to 5,000/- Accidental Death – Sum
Insured (INR) 5,00,000/- Permanent Total Disablement – Sum Insured (INR)
5,00,000
 Care Health Insurance - ‘Care Shield’ – to protect its customers against
inflation
 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance + NSDL Payments Bank = to offer insurance
products

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 Liberty General Insurance + SpiceJet = Offer Travel Insurance
 Bharti AXA Life Insurance – Bharti AXA Life Wealth Pro – unit linked
individual insurance plan.
 Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance – programme - to provide holistic support for
employees as part of its commitment to employee well-being
 Flipkart + Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company = offer'Digital Suraksha
Group Insurance' for customers to cover online financial frauds
 Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance - a new Unit Linked
insurance plan (Ulip) titled ‘Invest 4G’
 PayPoint - free personal accident insurance to migrant workers - Finance
protection of up to Rs 50,000
 Reliance General Insurance + SatSure = satellite-based crop monitoring
and predictive analytics support to better risk management and improve
efficiency of its crop insurance business operations
 Max Life Insurance - ‘Buy Now – Pay at Approval’ feature - the customer
while purchasing online policies
 PhonePe + Bajaj Allianz General Insurance = insurance products for private
cars and two-wheelers
 Irdai - a standard individual term life insurance product named “Saral Jeevan
Bima”- Rs. 5-25 Lakh – age 18-65
WORLD BANK
Amount Purpose

USD 400 multi-year financial support to India

million

Rs.1950 crore to tackle Covid-19 and development work in West Bengal

$2.5mn Kiribati-to strengthen health system

$7.4mn Fiji-to strengthen its health system

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 $500mn to 6 states in India-to improve quality & governance of school
education-named STARS

USD 1.05 Bangladesh - jobs and economic recovery

billion

$200mn “First Tamil Nadu Housing Sector Strengthening Programme”

$50mn The Tamil Nadu Housing and Habitat Development Project

$750 million Increased flow of finance into the hands of India's micro,
small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs),severely impacted
by the Covid-19 crisis.

750 million US for the MSME Emergency Response Programme

dollar

$381 million to enhance support for rejuvenating the Ganga

$19 million would be for proposed guarantee

$375 million Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) along Ganga River

$202 million to additional financing for the modern food storage facilities
project in Bangladesh

Rs 420 crore Karnataka project - Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agriculture

Resilience in Karnataka

$82 million implementation of Himachal Pradesh State Roads

Transformation Project

$15million to support livelihoods of dairy workers ADB + Cimory

$ 1 Billion Health Sector in India

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$ 0.75 Billion Social Protection in India

$ 0.75 Billion Economic Stimulus in India

200 million to improve access to safe water and sanitation services in the
dollar rural areas of . Bangladesh

$75 mn (IFC) Indospace Logistics to develop industrial parks

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Amount Purpose

$177mn to upgrade 450km of Maharashtra highways and major district

roads

$97.7 million to Rwanda to help the health care system. Government’s

emergency

USD 1.5 Billion The Asian Development Bank + Thailand - To aid its response to
the coronavirus pandemic

$1 Billion to support construction of the modern, high-speed Delhi–

Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System

$ 300 Million Philippine Financial Inclusion reforms

USD 251 To help protect north chennai from floods

Million

USD 25 Million To amalgamated telecom to support png's 4G networks

500 million US Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor

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 dollar

50 million Bangladesh for PPP infrastructure projects

dollar

₹466-crore ADB, ENGIE - for developing solar project in Gujarat

$500 million BMRCL’s line linking Central Silk Board Junction to

Kempegowda International Airport

USD 300 to develop Rajasthan's secondary towns

million

USD 270 Madhya Pradesh Urban Services Improvement Project.

million

300 million to finance inclusive water supply and sanitation infrastructure

dollar and services in secondary towns of Rajasthan

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

USD 346 to help provide efficient and reliable power supply to rural
million agriculture customers in Maharashtra

$270 million to improve urban services in 64 Madhya Pradesh small cities

300-million water supply, sanitation projects for Rajasthan

$200m support Xiangtan's low-carbon, smart city development

$100m support reform of early childhood education in Shangrao

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 IMF

Amount Purpose

$356.5 million Myanmar-Emergency Fund.

$ 25 Billion 70 countries - emergency financing - COVID-19 pandemic

$156 million Cameroon to finance Covid-19 response

SEBI
 SEBI- virtual museum of securities market
 SEBI - has imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh – BoB - for violating mutual fund
regulations
 SEBI - system-driven disclosures for promoter group members, designated
persons of a listed company
 SEBI - ₹7 lakh – imposed on NHAI for disclosure lapses

Penalty

Topmost Commercial Pvt Ltd Rs. 25 lakh

Tradebulls Enterprise Pvt Ltd Rs. 5 lakh

Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd Rs. 20 Lakh

NHAI 7 lakh

NABARD

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Rs.1500cr for Punjab-Credit flow to farmers.

Rs.15, 200 cr to co-operative banks

Rs.5, 300 cr RRB

Rs 1,050 crore West Bengal -for benefit of farmers and poor people in rural
areas.

Rs.12, 767 State Co-op Banks, RRBs – Extending Credit to Farmers

Crores

Rs.270crore To Assam Gramin Vikash Bank – to support Farmers.

5000Cr refinance scheme for banks and financial institutions - finance

to the beneficiaries - 150 watershed development projects.

Rs. 44 Lakh development projects in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

795Cr reconstructing infrastructure damaged by cyclone Amphan -

West Bengal.

Rs 25000 crore NABARD + Ujjivan Small Finance Bank + Vivritti - funding

support to low income households

- ‘Structured Finance and Partial Guarantee Program’ for Non-

Banking Finance Companies-Micro Finance Institutions

Rs 20 crore to integrated water conservation project ‘Jalasamrudhi’ at

Kattakada in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Rs 3,805.67 micro irrigation projects

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Rs 1,568 cr agri-credit societies in 22 states

₹ 8504.30 lakh Government of Goa for various Social Infrastructure Projects in

the State

Rs 20.00 crore The Goa State Cooperative Bank Ltd towards working capital
requirements of Societies and Primary Agriculture Credit
Societies

Rs 12,298 Swachh Bharat Mission

crore

NDB

Amount Purpose

USD 241 for Mumbai Metro

million

USD 500 the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System

million (RRTS) Project

AIIB

Amount Purpose

$50 million L&T Infra Finance for Renewable Energy projects in the
country

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 $ 3 billion India for various large infrastructure projects.

$8-Billion improving health infrastructure at the district level - India

$500 Million to improve the network capacity, service quality and safety of
the suburban railway system in Mumbai

EXIM BANK
Amount Purpose

USD 216 Malawi on behalf of the Indian government, in a humanitarian

Million gesture

USD 20.10 the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua

Million

The European Investment Bank

Amount Purpose

650 million euros (Rs Kanpur’s Metro project

5,552 crore)

€ 3 billion For renewable energy and energy transition

€ 2.9 billion To improve urban and national sustainable transport

€25 million Minoryx Therapeutics for research activities

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 SBM Bank India + Mastercard = hands to facilitate cross-border payments
and remittances services
OTHERS
 Bajaj Finance Ltd - Digital Health EMI Network Card- for medical expenses
affordable-Max 4lakhs
 Bank of England cuts interest rates - near zero - ramps up bond-buying – 200
Billion Pounds
 Ameyo - video KYC (e-KYC) - engagement platform - banking and finance
sector
 DBS Bank India + Transport Corporation of India limited (TCIL) = Facilitate
real time payments for truck drivers through DBS RAPID.
 Navi - app with paperless KYC-instant loan up to Rs.5lakh.
 Shakthikanda Das - Financial stability and development council - sub-
committee - resolves - revive economy
 ICICI Home Finance - SARAL – an Affordable Housing Loan – Tenure 20
Years – upto 35 lakhs – to women, lower-middle-income customers -
economically weaker sections - maximum household income - Rs 6 lakhs
annually.
 Mastercard - ₹250 crore - to help reboot Indian SMEs and enable business
recovery
 BOB Financial Solutions Limited + Innoviti = Bank of Baroda Credit Card
offers EMIs on PoS Terminals
 South Indian Bank - for setting up a wholly owned non-financial subsidiary
 Export-Import Bank of India + Mozambique = USD 250-million = improving
power supply quality
 Endiya Fund II - a commitment of $10 million from the International Finance
Corporation

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 BSE StAR MF - StAR MF Corp Direct - for corporates, which will simplify the
investment process.
 Razorpay - Payment Buttons for startups and small businesses
 Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund - Mahindra Manulife Arbitrage Yojana -
investment in arbitrage opportunities available in equity, derivatives and debt
markets.
 Institute of Chartered Accountants of India + Poonawalla Finance Limited =
to offer special loans for Chartered Accountants = Loan Amount up to ₹ 30
Lakhs = Loan Tenure up to 60 Months
 Standard Chartered Bank + Airtel Africa = to enhance financial inclusion
across key markets in Africa
 5paisa - 5paisa school - to guide investors in stock market
 HSBC India - 'Green Deposit Programme' - corporate clients to finance green
initiatives
 Lakshmi Vilas Bank - Lakshmi DigiGo - to enable opening of savings account
instantly.
 The Green Climate Fund - $25.6 M - To Sudan, designed to promote
agriculture, health, and food and water security
 HSBC India - Omni Collect - to provide multiple payment options on single
platform
 Bank of Maharashtra - Loan Lifecycle Management System - to digitize credit
delivery system
 Razorpay - Cash Advance - collateral free line of credit for SMEs - can borrow
working capital with a credit limit of Rs 50,000 to Rs 10 lakh
 Citi Bank - approval from RBI to open banking unit at GIFT City IFSC in
Ahmedabad.
 DBS Bank India - online loan platform for SMEs – up to ₹20 cr
 IRDAI - standardized products for bridging protection gap

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 IDFC Mutual Fund – SIFI(`SIP in Fixed Income') - to make investors more
aware about the benefits of investing in fixed income products
 Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank - special gold loan scheme “Vikas Laghu
Suvarna”
 Google Pay + Visa = card-based payments with tokenization
 Bajaj Finserv Health - 'Aarogya Care' - improving the health outcomes of
Indian consumers through smarter, connected and holistic care plans
 Vakrangee Ltd - RBI nod to set up Bharat Bill Payment unit to handle payment
services related to bills
 BSE + Telangana + GlobalLinker - help micro, small and medium
enterprises (MSMEs) raise equity funds
 Mastercard + Atlantis - the expansion of the Digital First Program in India

 BSE + ICCI = support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups,
and promote their listing on the exchange
 BharatPe + Safegold - digital platform that allows customers to buy, sell and
receive vaulted gold
 LIC Housing Finance Ltd - “Project RED” - improve efficiencies at every level
of the organisation
 Mastercard + CAIT + Indian NGO ACCESS = the Small Business Support
Coalition

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Zomato

 ‘Talent Directory’- to help it’s laid off employees find new job.
Zomato - MindHouse - mental wellness start-up – offers - users guided
meditation sessions and techniques
 Swiggy - 'Jumpstart Package' - assist restaurants - resuming operations.

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 e-Market platform- to host Small Business Day on June 27- to help SME
sellers.
 Amazon - 'Project Kuiper' - to deploy and operate its constellation of 3,236
satellites to beam affordable Internet services.
 Bharti Airtel + Amazon = deliver cloud solutions to large enterprise and small
and medium enterprise customers in India
 Amazon.com Inc. + Amitabh Bachchan = for its Alexa voice assistant
 Ganit + Amazon Web Services = co-develop a foreca`sting framework for the
retail sector
 Amazon - ‘Stand for Handmade’ initiative - artisans, women entrepreneurs
double sales
 Amazon - will host a virtual 'Handicrafts Mela' to support artisans, weavers

GOOGLE

 Pledged - $37 mn to fight racism

FLIPKART

 Odisha + Flipkart - boost - state's arts, craft, and handloom sectors

 Flipkart - Flipkart Quick - hyperlocal delivery service in 90 minutes
 Flipkart + UP government = One District, One Product scheme
 Flipkart - ‘Flipkart Leap’ - the e-commerce giant’s first startup accelerator
programme to help new and upcoming firms.
 Flipkart + Sastodeal in Nepal = to enable cross-border trade
 Flipkart + Assam = to promote local art, craft and handlooms

GoAIR

 GoAir -"GoFlyPrivate” –to offer passengers “private zone" in the aircraft by

allowing them to book multiple rows on a single PNR

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 GoAIR – “GoMore” scheme-allow passengers to book adjacent seat on the
same PNR in order to maintain social distancing amid the pandemic.

OLA

 Ola + PhonePe = to expand payment options for riders

 Ola - Ola corporate - to enterprise solution to global customers.

MICROSOFT

 NSDC + Microsoft = to provide digital skills to over 1 lakh youth in the country
 MICROSOFT – Microsoft Family Safety app - to help protect a family's digital
and physical safety.
 Microsoft – agri tech start-ups in India build industry-specific solutions, scale
and grow with access to deep technology, business and marketing resources
 Microsoft + NSDC - to empower women in India with digital skills
 Microsoft +AICTE = provide online course modules to students across the
country
 Arm has + Microsoft - Azure-based tools to enable developers transfer data
from Arm-based IoT devices to Azure Cloud
 Microsoft + NASSCOM FutureSkills = to launch AI skilling initiative in India

TECH MAHINDRA

 Tech Mahindra – Mhealthy - to enable workforce and community safety

against COVID-19.
 Tech Mahindra - ‘Upskilling-as-a-Service’ - to accelerate new-age skill
development for over 60,000 employees globally to create a ‘fit for future’
workforce.
 Tech Mahindra + Niti Aayog's WEP = to support women entrepreneurs in India

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 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd + Tech Mahindra - Rs 400 crore -
implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to support HAL’s
‘Project Parivartan’

WIPRO

 Wipro +IBM -Collaborate to develop hybrid cloud offerings.

 Wipro - digital inspection solution - improve workplace safety and experience
 Wipro + US-based Process Maker = deliver workflow management solutions
 Wipro - strategic partner - a large UK-based retail and commercial bank Metro
Bank to drive IT transformation
 Wipro + SAP SE - co-innovate on cloud-based solutions for the real estate
industry
 Wipro + SAP = offer advanced customer-specific content and training
assets and boost productivity

Others

 National Restaurants Association of India + DotPe-own Tech platform.

 Financial Software and Systems- payment platform-“eFinclusiv AEPS 2.0”.
 Ola electric mobility – global electric 2-wheeler in India in 2021.
 Facebook - home-to-home fundraiser – concert - ‘I For India’ - The main idea -
three-pronged - to pay tribute - to frontline workers to raise funds – to
Entertain.
 Bharatpe - Payment Company - two apps - to curb - need to touch handsets
for checking transactions.
 Tata Consumer Products + Domino’s Pizza + Zomato - strengthen its direct
distribution model - ensure steady supply of its essential products.
 Mahindra - Digital Car Buying Platform - 'Own-Online' – To boost Sales amid
Covid19 Crisis
 Oppo + T-Hub (Hyderabad) - to support the start-up ecosystem in the India.

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 TCS iON + NSDC (National Skill Development Corporation) -To accelerate skill
development, through TCS iON digital class room.
 Uber launches “Hourly Rentals” a 24x7 on demand intra-city service.
 Hero MotoCorp - an integrated online sales platform, ‘eSHOP’.
 Hindustan Zinc Ltd + ICDS- “Koi Bacha Rahe Na Bhookha” campaign-to
improve health and well-being of the children (0-6 years).
 $356.2mn - US to Sudan’s Democratic Transition.
 T-Hub + Korea SMEs and Start-ups Agency - country’s early-stage start-ups -
business opportunities - market understanding and access to customers.
 Telecom gear maker Ericsson - India's data usage - touch 25 GB a month per
user – by 2025 Currently 12 GB.
 Vivendi + My Earth + UNICEF - Concert - Kids initiative in cooperation
 According to Bernstein - Jio may capture - half the Indian telecom market -
FY25
 Qualcomm (USA) - a new 5G and AI-enabled robotics platform – ROBOTICS
RB5
 TCS + IBM - assist clients accelerate - digital and cognitive enterprise
transformations to the IBM public cloud platform.
 Roche Pharma India + Cipla - Oncology medicines.
 Fever Network - ‘Your Happiness Partner’ - to help SMEs amid pandemic.
 Whatsapp - 'It's Between You' campaign - narrates stories about how Indians
communicate daily
 CBSE + Facebook India = to launch free training program for teachers,
students
 Yamaha Motor India - a special finance scheme for frontline warriors of
COVID-19 - Under this scheme, EMIs for the first three months are reduced by
50%

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 Indian - to have 820 million smartphone users by 2022 - released by Indian
Cellular and Electronics Association and KPMG
 EESL +NOIDA authority = to install EV charging units
 Signature Global - 225Cr - four years - a new affordable housing project -
Gurugram, Haryana.
 Redsmart – (AirAsia India + Tata Consultancy Services) - in-house app to
enhance the operational efficiency of the airline by helping manage aircraft
turnaround between flights using data analytics.
 Leave without Pay Scheme - six months to two years leave for employees,
which can be extended to five years - Air India
 Boeing - 916 Million - support International Space Station - next 4 years
(2024).
 NHAI – 1900 Cr - HCC + Dilip Buildcon - contract for design and construction -
22-km road to link Jharkhand and Bihar (over ganga river).
 Comvision + FASTag - contactless parking solution - GMR Group-run
Hyderabad International Airport – Amid Corona pandemic.
 Imarticus - Learning company- income sharing scheme to facilitate student
upskill during Covid-19.
 SonuSood - 'PravasiRojgar'- to help migrants find job opportunities.
 Omidyar Network India - “ReSolve Initiative” --to invest in building solutions
for MSMEs and migrant workers impacted by the Covid-19.
 The electric vehicle market - to be an Rs 50,000-crore opportunity in India-
2025
 Goldman Sachs - India’s e-commerce penetration will double to 11% by 2024
 ICRA - India’s cumulative renewable energy capacity is likely to be 120-125
GW December 2022.
 Bharti Airtel - Airtel Secure - a comprehensive suite of advanced cyber
security solutions to help businesses tide over rising cyber threats

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 Tata Steel – FerroHaat – to source steel scrap from the traders.
 Google - Kormo app in India to help people find jobs
 IBM India + NSDC = to offer free digital skills training to learners in India
 RedSeer Consulting - Digital payments in India are expected to grow over
three-folds to Rs 7,092 trillion by 2025
 Mahindra & Mahindra + Israel-based REE Automotive = to manufacture
commercial electric vehicles
 Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) India + CII Institute of Logistics - the e-commerce
retail market is expected to cross the $100-billion mark by 2024
 Mahindra Finance - online insurance aggregator Paybima.com - to allow
customers to browse through and buy policies offered by various insurers
 Reliance-backed Fynd - Social Doori - mobile game to encourage social
distancing.
 TechEagle + Addis Mercato = to deliver healthcare products and essentials
using drones in the African nation’s urban and suburban areas.
 LinkedIn + NSDC = to provide free courses on digital skills
 UiPath + Andhra Pradesh skill development corporation - to train students in
robotic process automation
 The Walmart Foundation - $25 million - improving farmer livelihoods in India
 Vistas Media - A Singapore-based media company - $ 10 million - for setting
up a film academy in the proposed film city in Uttar Pradesh
 Facebook + Matrix Partners India = to scale early-stage small and medium
businesses
 Google India + Zoho + Instamojo + Dunzo + Swiggy = to help support small
businesses and drive demand through customer support
 Vodafone Idea Ltd + NASSCOM Foundation + Sayfty Trust + UN Women -
‘MyAmbar’ - women safety
 IBM + Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) - transform the latter's customer
experience using digital tools

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 Grasim + Lubrizol - set up India's 'largest' CPVC resin plant
 Yamaha + Amazon India - sell apparels, accessories online
 Mitron TV - ‘Atmanirbhar Apps’ to promote homegrown apps
 NASSCOM FutureSkills + DeakinCo. - offer free courses in communication
for skilling, reskilling and upskilling programmes in India
 Prasar Bharati + IFFCO - broadcast and promote new agriculture
technology and innovations
 CII–IGBC + Naredco = to accelerate the country’s green buildings movement
 Lancet - India will become the world's third largest economy by 2050
 Zoho + Dubai Economy - make enterprise-level technology available for all
businesses in Dubai and support their digital transformation

ACQUISTION AND MERGERS

 IRDAI approves- Union Bank to continue its 30% holding India First Life
Insurance.
 HCL – acquires- Cisco’s SON tech- $49mn.
 Facebook acquires- animated graphics startup- GIPHY ($ 400mn).
 SyncMedia (Gurugram) – acquires - Adorithm - $1 million.
 Airtel - acquires - 10% stake - edtech startup Lattu Media (Mumbai).
 Zomato (Gurugram) – acquired – TechEagle (UP) – healthcare -drone
deliveries.
 Piramal Pharma Solutions - acquire - G&W Laboratories (USA) drug facility –
$17.5 million
 Facebook - acquires - Sweden's Mapillary.
 IndusInd Bank - 7.82% stake in Eveready by invoking pledged shares
 ICICI Lombard General Insurance - to merge Bharti AXA's non-life insurance
business with itself
 Flipkart - acquire 7.8% stake in Aditya Birla Fashion for Rs 1,500 crore

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Publisher Book Name Author Released By

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 Harper Collins “Shivaji in South Girish Kuber
Block:The Unwritten
History of a Proud
People”

"Getting R C Bhargava
Competitive: A
Practitioner's Guide
for India"

“Nothing to Lose: Manbeena

The Authorized Sandhu
Biography of
Ma Anand Sheela”

HarperCollins India “The Ramachandra

Commonwealth of Guha
& William Collins
Cricket: A Lifelong
UK
Love Affair with the
Most Subtle and
Sophisticated
Game Known to
Humankind”

Harper Non Fiction “Wuhan Diary: Fang Fang

Dispatches from a
Quarantined City”

Thorsons in the UK “The Greatest Rhonda Byrne

and across all Secret”
HarperCollins
locations in India,
Australia, Canada
among other
places

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Penguin Jinnah: His Ishtiaq Ahmed
Successes,
Failures and Role in
History

‘Night of the Sarbpreet Singh

Restless Spirits’

Penguin’s ‘Ebury “My Life In Design” Gauri Khan

Press’ imprint

Penguin Random ‘Grandparents’ Bag Sudha Murthy

House of Stories’

Unfinished Priyanka Chopra

Jonas

Penguin Random “Voices of Dissent” Romila Thapar

House India and
Seagull Books

Puffin “The Very, Anand

Neelakantan
Extremely,Most
Naughty Asura
Tales for Kids”

Black Eagle “The Yogini Poems: Dr.Adyasha Das

Love and Life”
Books,Ohio,USA

Faber & Faber in ‘Klara and the Sun’ Kazuo Ishiguro

the UK - Alfred (Japan)
A.Knopf in the US -
Knopf in Canada

Roli Books His Holiness The Tenzin Geyche

Fourteenth Dalai Tethong + Tendzin
Lama:An Illustrated
Choegyal

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 Biography

Pan Macmillan "By Royal Jeffrey Archer

India Appointment",
"Willy Visits the
Square World" and
"Willy and the
Killer Kipper"

Westland ‘ One Arranged Chetan Bhagat

Publications Ltd Murder’

Alfred A Knopf 'The Beauty of Sharon Stone

Living Twice'

Red Panda ‘The Crocodile Who Khyrunnisa A

Ate Butter Chicken
for Breakfast and
Other Stories’

Hachette India “If It Bleeds” Stephen King

Vigyan Prasar of Dr Pradeep Ms. Anandi Ben

“Bye Bye Corona”
DST Srivastava

A Practical
Approach to Dr Simrat Sagar
Jaya Publishing
Diagnosis and Singh
House, Delhi Dr Inderjeet Singh
Management of + Dr Arun Anand
Equine Colic

“Fear of God” Vadhan

(Bommadevara
Sai

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‘The Ickabog’ JK Rowling

Bharatiya Shri Priyamvad

Loktanktra Ka
Koras: Kuch Bisari
Bikhari Dhwaniyanis

Overdraft: Saving Urjit Patel

the Indian Saver'

The Meaning of Raja Rao

India

“Greenlights” Matthew
McConaughey

‘Breaking The Radha Nair

Cocoon @ 40’

'Lord of the Dr Harish Chandra

Records'
Burnwal

Fauja Singh Keeps Simran Jeet Singh

Going — A true story
of the oldest person
to ever run
a marathon’

The Mighty River’ Canadian-

Taiwanese
musician Ginalina

Siyasat Mein Vijay Kumar Bihar Chief

Sadasyata" Choudhary Minister

Swachh Bharat Shri

Kranti’ Parameswaran
Iyer

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"Amazing Ayodhya" Neena Rai

“Disloyal: The True Michael Cohen

Story of the Former
Personal Attorney
to President
Donald J. Trump”

"Full Spectrum: Arjun

India's Wars, 1972- Subramaniam
2020"

'NETAJI: India's Dr. Kalyan Kumar Vice President

De
Independence and
British Archives’

“Who painted my Sree Iyer

lust red?”

‘Cricket Drona’ Jatin + Anand

Vasu

‘The 21-Day Dr Aseem

Immunity Plan: How Malhotra
to Rapidly Improve
Your Metabolic
Health and
Resilience to
Dr Aseem Malhotra
Fight Infection’

‘Fight in the Oommen Chandy

assembly’

3 handbooks- Shri Ramesh

prepared by Central Pokhriyal Nishank
Board of Secondary
Education

 Cyber safety

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  In Pursuit of
Excellence- A
Handbook
for Principals
 21st Century
Skills- A
Handbook

One Year of Modi Ministry of

2.0- Towards a Self- Information and
Reliant India” – e- Broadcasting
Booklet

e-book titled Ministry of Health

“Standard
Treatment
Guidelines for the
Management of
Substance Use
Disorders and
Behavioral
Addictions”

Booklet on ‘COVID- Dr. Harsh Vardhan

19-Safe Workplace + Shri Santosh
Guidelines for Kumar Gangwar
Industry
‘Swachh Bharat Union Ministers
Kranti’ Shri Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat and
Smt
Smriti Irani

A Book titled Narendra Modi

“Rowing Down the
Ganges”

‘Connecting, Union Minister of

Communicating, Defence

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 Changing’ - A book
chronicling the third
year in office of the
Vice President of
India, Shri M.
Venkaiah Naidu

Matrix Publishing ‘Lalit Bhasin – A Jurist Fali S

Group Lifetime Dedicated
Narimann
to Law’

Nagaland state
“TB Harega, Desh
Minister for Health
Jeetega”
and Family Welfare

‘Portraits of Power:
Shaktikanta Das
Half a Century of N K Singh
Being at Ringside’

the Indian
Infrastructure Body
Nitin Gadkari
of Knowledge
(InBoK)

Bhrigu and The

Hachette India Soumitra Ranade
Palace Of Mirror

Discovering the Dr Jitendra Singh

Heritage of Assam

Deh Vechwa Karani Prime Minister

Narendra Modi
(dedicating one’s
life for a noble
cause’)

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for Depression Ram -

APPOINTMENTS

NATIONAL

Three members – elected - International Honorary Member -the American Academy

of Arts and Sciences.

 Shobhana Narasimhan (Professor - Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced

Scientific Research, Bangalore)
 Biman Bagchi ( the Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit of the Indian
Institute of Science, Bengaluru)
 Kavita Singh( the School of Arts and Aesthetics at the Jawaharlal Nehru
University, Delhi)

Name Designation New Replaced

Orgaanisation

Arvind Kumar Secretary Ministry of Micro,

Sharma Small and Medium
Enterprises

Adhir Ranjan chairperson Parliament’s

Chawdhry public accounts

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Tarun Bajaj Director on Board RBI Atanu Chakraborthy

Chief Army Training

Command
Lieutenant
(ARTRC)
General Raj
Shukla

Vidyavathi Director General Archaeological Usha Sharma

Survey of India

Ramesh Babu director(Operations) NTPC Prakash Tiwari

Manoj Ahuja chairman Central Board of Anita Karwal.

Secondary
Education (CBSE)

Manoj Jain Chairman Mahanagar Gas Sanjib data

Ltd

Dilip Oommen President India Steel T.V.Narendran

Association

Jahnabi National President FICCI Ladies Harjinder Kaur Talwar

Phookan Organization
(FLO).

Anant Ambani additional director Jio

Mahesh Chairman GE Power India Vishal K Wanchoo.

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 Palashikar

Nikhil Sareen CBO Vahdam Teas.

(Founder of
SchoolKart)

Ravinder Singh - CMD Power Finance Rajeev Sharma.

Dhillon Corportation

S. additional secretary Prime Minister’s

Gopalakrishnan office.

C. Sridhar Joint secretary Prime Minister’s

Office.

Akhil Kumar Re – inducted National Anti-

Doping Agency's
To the Disciplinary
Panel

Vivek Lall Chief Executive General Atomics

Global Corporation

Patrick Pichette board chairman Twitter CFO Google

Rajeev Topno senior advisor World Bank. Deputy secretary of

PM Modi

Anil Valluri Senior Director Google cloud Net App

India

Vice Admiral Chief of Staff Eastern Naval

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 Biswajit Command –
Dasgupta Visakhapatnam

Shailendra Raj President MICA

Mehta

National Institute
Urjit Patel chairman
of Public Finance
and Policy

PRMIA
Nirakar Chief
(Professinal Risk
Pradhan
Managers
International
Association)

Justice Rajesh 5th Lokayukta of

Shukla Gujarat

Madhya Pradesh
Anandiben Governor
Patel

Indian Oil
Shrikant Chairman Sanjiv Singh
Corporation
Madhav Vaidya

Power Finance
Parminder Director (Finance) N B Gupta
Corporation
Chopra

IIMC
Sanjay Dwivedi Director General

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 Cellular Operators'
S P Kochar Director General Rajan S Mathews
Association of
India

Power Grid
M Taj Director (Finance)
Corporation
Mukarrum

Common Service
Zoya Khan India's first
Centre
transgender
operator

NCLAT
Justice Bansi extends term of an
Lal Bhat acting chairperson
by three months

International
Injeti Srinivas chairman
Financial Services
Centers Authority.

Hockey India
Gyanendro President Mohd Mushtaque
Nigombam Ahmed

HCL Tech
Roshini Nadar Chief Shiv Nadar
Malhotra

President Ram
P. Praveen Private Secretary Vikram Singh
Naath Kovind
Siddharth

Prime Minister's
P Amudha Joint Secretary
Office

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 Serious Fraud
Keshav Director
Investigation
Chandra
Office

Department of
Varsha Joshi Joint Secretary
Animal Husbandry
and Dairying

Central Vigilance
Sudhir Kumar Additional Secretary
Commission

Enemy Property
Saurav Ray Custodian
for India

Department of
Sajjan S Yadav Joint Secretary
Expenditure

Kendriya Vidyalaya
Nidhi Pandey Commissioner
Sangathan

Department of
Vinayak Garg Commissioner
School Education
& Literacy

Department of
Anupam Mishra Joint Secretary
Consumer Affairs

Department of
Rakesh Mittal Joint Secretary
Defence

Ministry of Women
Pallavi Agarwal Joint Secretary
and Child
Development

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 Department of
Aparna S Joint Secretary
Fertilizers
Sharma

Department of
Amit Mehta Joint Secretary
Heavy Industry

Department of
Parama Sen Joint Secretary
Investment and
Public Asset
Management

National Council
Nitishwar Member Secretary
for Teacher
Kumar
Education

Ministry of Water
Sanjay Awasthi Joint Secretary
Resources, River
Development and
Ganga
Rejuvenation

National Mineral
Sumit Deb Chairman and N Baijendra Kumar
Development
Managing Director
Corporation

Microfinance
Alok Misra CEO
Institutions
Network

Ministry of
Riva Ganguly Secretary East
External Affairs

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 Union Health
Rajesh Bhushan Health Secretary Preeti Sudan
Ministry

Department of
Ajay Tirkey Secretary
Land Resources in
the Ministry of
Rural Development

Ministry of Women
Ram Mohan Secretary
and Child
Mishra
Development.

National
Sushil Kumar Secretary
Commission for
Scheduled Castes
in the Ministry of
Social Justice and
Empowerment

Mines
Anil Kumar Jain Additional charge
as Secretary

Madhya Pradesh
Anandiben Governor
Patel

IAF’s Western Air

Air Marshal V R Chief
command
Chaudari

new advisory
Archana Soreng UN chief
group on climate
change

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 to develop Leh and
Rahul Kapoor head
Kargil as smart
cities in newly-
formed union
territory of Ladakh.

ICRA
N Sivaraman Managing Director
and Group CEO

Chandan Director NTPC

Kumar Commercial
Mondol

Sumit Deb
Chairman-cum- NMDC Limited N.Baijendra Kumar
Managing Director

Naval Deputy the Prime

Kishore Ram Secretary Minister’s
- Office

Manoj Sinha
lieutenant governor Union Territory of Girish Chandra Murmu
Jammu & Kashmir

G C Murmu Rajiv
next Comptroller &
Mehrishi(Replaced)
Auditor General of
India

Pradeep Arvind Saxena

Chairman UPSC
Kumar Joshi

P S Ranipse
Inspector General Central Reserve

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 Police Force

Pramod Isher Judge

Chairman ICRIER (Indian
Bhasin Ahluwalia
Council for
Research on
International
Economic
Relations)

Soma Anil Chaudhary

Chairman Steel Authority of
Mondal
India

Rakesh chief the Border Security

Asthana
Force

Satya Pal Governor Meghalaya

Malik

Bhagat Governor Goa

Singh
Koshyari

Rajiv Kumar Ashok Lavasa

Commissioner Election

G Satheesh reappointed as DRDO

Reddy
chairman for 2
years

Sanjiv Singh
Group President Reliance Industries
Ltd.

Sanjay Upa-Lokayukta Maharastra

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 Bhatia

Aveek Vijay Kumar

Chairman Press Trust of
Sarkar Chopra
India

PC Mody Chairman the Central Board -

of Direct Taxes(6
month Extended)

CS Chairman Ordnance Factory Hari Mohan

Vishwakarma Board

Vinod Kumar Chairman and First -

Yadav CEO Railway Board

Chief of Materiel Indian Navy

Vice Admiral S -
R Sarma

President All India Tennis Praveen Mahajan

Anil Jain
Association

Chairman Audit Bureau of

Devendra V -
Circulations (ABC)
Darda
for the year 2020-
2021

Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha

Harivansh -
Narayan Singh

Deputy National Security

Pankaj Saran -
Advisor

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 - additional charge Food Processing
Narendra Singh -
Industries Ministry
Tomar

new Secretary National

Anand Kumar -
Commission for
Backward Classes

new Secretary Department of

S Aparna -
Pharmaceuticals

new Secretary Ministry of Labour

Apurva Chandra -
and Employment

the chief National Technical

Anil Dhasmana Satish Jha
Research
Organisation

Member the Rajya Sabha

H D Deve -
Gowda

President The Advertising

Anupriya Ashish Bhasin
Agencies
Acharya
Association of
India

vice president The Advertising

Prasanth Kumar -
Agencies
Association of
India

President the Centre for

Rakesh Mohan -
Social and

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 Economic
Progress

Chairman women’s selection

Neetu David Hemalata Kala
committee

Advisor KVIC
Sunil Sethi -

Chairman the Telecom

PD Vaghela Ram Sewak Sharma
Regulatory
Authority of India
(TRAI)

additional charge National Security

S S Deswal -
DG Guard

President Film and

Shekhar Kapur -
Television Institute
of India

Chairman Governing Council -

of FTII

Piyush Goyal Ministry Consumer Affairs, Ram Vilas Paswan

Food and Public
Distribution

Sanjeev Krishan chairman and CEO PwC India Shyamal Mukherjee

NTPC(till 31 July
Gurdeep Singh CMD
2025)

Ajay Kumar secretary Home

Bhalla Ministry(extended
up to August 22,

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Lt Gen Nanda Director General Dental Services

Kishore Sahoo and Colonel
Commandant of
Army Dental Corps
National Institute
Shashi Kiran Chairman of the
of Industrial
Shetty Society and Board
Engineering
of Governors
the National
B L Bhat Chairperson
Company Law
Appellate Tribunal
extended till
December 31

country’s next
Yashvardhan
Chief Information
Kumar Sinha
Commissioner

Assam
Jishnu Barua new chief secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna
Jammu & Kashmir
Kewal Kumar Election
Sharma Commissioner
ESSCI
PVG Menon CEO N.K. Mohapatra
Alliance Air
Harpreet A De first woman in CEO
Singh

Captain ED (flight safety)

Nivedita Bhasin

INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS

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 Name Designation New Organisation Replaced

Sriram CFO Flipkart and Emily McNeal

Venkataraman Myntra

Ashok Michael US representative International Bank

Pinto for Reconstruction
and Development
(IBRD) –

World Bank

Narendra Dhruv President International

Batra Hockey Federation
(Extended till
2021)

Anil Bhansali Vice President Google cloud –

Engineering in
India

Leo Puri Chairman JP Morgan chief Kalpanan

for South, SE Asia Morparia.

Keva Bain President World Health

Assembly
(permanent rep of
Bahamas to UN).

Thierry Delaporte CEO and MD Wipro Abidali

Neemuchwala

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 Venkataramani independent Indigo
Sumantran director

France.
Marie Cau 1st transgender
mayor

Vinit Teredesai CFO Mindtree Senthil Kumar

Nick Hockley CEO Cricket Australia Kevin Robberts

Shantanu Preetam CTO PayU

Former Supreme BCCI’s ethics

Court judge D K officer and
Jain ombudsman

Volkan Bozkir President 75th - UN General

(Turkey) Assembly

Deven J Parekh Director US International

Development
Finance
Corporation

Parag Chitnis Acting head US Agri research

institute named
National Institute
of Food and
Agriculture

Hemang Amin Interim CEO BCCI Ragul Johri

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 Sunil Chopra Deputy Mayor UK -

Citigroup
Jane Fraser First Woman CEO Mike Corbat

Kuwait
Sheikh Nawaf Emir -

the Governing
Apurva Chandra Chairperson
Body of the
International
Labour
Organisation (ILO)

newly formed
GYV Victor first chairman
Bangladesh India
Mediators Forum

Harvard Business
Srikant Datar Dean Nitin Nohria
School

Sheikh Meshaal crown prince Kuwait

Al-Ahmed Al-
Jaber Al-Sabah

AMBASSADORS/HIGH COMMISSIONERS

NAME DESIGNATION COUNTRY REPLACES

TS Tirumurthi India’s New UN Syed Akbaruddin

Permanent
Representative

P Kumaran India’s High Singapore Jawed Ashraf.

Commissioner

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 Prem K Nair Ambassador of Republic of Nigar.
India

Sibi George Ambassador Kuwait

Gaitri I. kumar High UK

Commissioner

Raveesh Kumar Ambassador Finland

Sushil Kumar High Independent State

Singhal Commissioner of Papua New
Guinea.

Brajendra Navnit Ambassador World Trade

Organization
(WTO).

Rahul Shrivastava Ambassador Romania

Nethra (13 year Good will UNADP

old ) Ambassador for
the poor

Shambhu S Ambassador Philippines

Kumaran

Monika Kapil Ambassador Switzerland

Mohta

Indra Mani Ambassador & UN In Geneva

Permanent

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 Pandey Representative of
India

Baushuan Ger Taiwan’s new India Tien Chung-kwang

ambassador

Shri Rudrendra Ambassador of Afghanistan Vinay Kumar

Tandon India

Vikram Kumar high commissioner Bangladesh

Doraiswami

Dr.Vidhu P. Nair Next Ambassador Turkmenistan.

Raj Kumar Next Ambassador Republic of

Srivastava of India Croatia

Dr Neena India's next envoy Italy

Malhotra

Shambhu S the next the Federated

Kumaran
Ambassador of States of
India Micronesia and
the Republic of
Palau

R Masakui
the next High Jamaica
Commissioner of
India

Sushil Kumar the next High The Solomon

Singhal Commissioner of Islands

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Devyani Uttam India's next Cambodia

Khobragade ambassador
Manoj Kumar India's next Indonesia
Bharti ambassador

BANKING APPOINTMENTS

NAME DESIGNATION BANK / FINANCIAL REPLACES

INSTITUTION

Zubair Iqbal MD J&K Bank RK Chibber

RK Chibber Chairman J&K Bank

Carmen Reinhart VP & Chief World Bank Group.

Economist

Chinthala Govinda Chairman NABARD. Dr. Harsh

Rajulu Kumar
Bhanwala

Marcos President New Development KV Kamath

Troyjo(Brazil) Bank (India).

Anil Kishora (India)- VP & Chief risk New Development

officer Bank

SN Rajeshwari CMD Oriental Insurance AV Girija Kumar

Company

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 Harsha Bangari Export-Import Bank Deputy Managing -
of India Director

B K Manjunath LVB Bank Non-Executive and -

independent director

Santanu Banarjee Bajaj Allianz CHRO Ruben

Salvadoray

Imtaiyazur Rahman UTI – AMC CEO Leo Puri

Prakash Chandra RBL Bank Non-Executive -

Chairman

Pralay Mondal Fairfax-backed CSB president -

Bank Ltd

Subhradeep
Gaurav Maheshwari Standard Chartered CFO
Mohanty.
Bank (India)

Subhradeep Standard Chartered CFO

Mohantry Bank (Africa and
Middle East)

Natarajan part-time non-official RBI

Chandrasekaran director

Hariharan K
CFO LVB

V Suryanarayanan MD Cholamandalam MS SS

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 General Insurance Gopalarathnam

Ashok Lavasa Vice president ADB Diwagar Gupta

Shyam Srinivasan MD and CEO Federal Bank

till Sept 22, 2021

Partha Pratim MD & CEO Indian Overseas

Sengupta Bank

Jin Liqun President Asian Infrastructure

for next 5 years Investment Bank

Varun Sridhar CEO Paytm Money Pravin Jadhav

Shri Prakash Managing Director & SBI General

Chandra Kandpal Chief Executive Insurance Co. Ltd

Ramesh Babu MD & CEO Karur Vysya Bank

Boddu
S N Rajeswari Oriental
Chairman-cum-
Insurance
Managing Director
Company
Limited.

Sashidhar CEO HDFC Bank Aditya Puri

Jagdishan -

Ashwini Kumar MD & CEO SBI Cards & Hardayal

Tewari Payment Services ltd Prasad

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 Ajay Tyagi to extend term as SEBI
chairman - 18
months

Hardayal Prasad MD & CEO PNB Housing

Finance

Subhash Sheoratan Executive Chairman Indiabulls Housing Sameer

Mundra Finance Gehlaut

G P Garg Executive Director SEBI

Ashwani Bhatia MD SBI

Vinay Tonse MD & CEO SBI Mutual Fund Ashwani Bhatia

Akinwumi A. re-elected as African Development

Adesina President for next 5 Bank
years

Sumit Gupta Chief Risk Officer Yes Bank

Ashish Chandak Chief Compliance Yes Bank

Officer

Murali MD & CEO South Indian Bank -

Ramakrishnan

S Krishnan MD &CEO Punjab and Sind H Harishankar

Bank

Rajesh Khullar Executive Director World Bank -

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Sameer Kumar New executive Asian Development -
Khare director Bank

Takeo Konishi Country Director for Asian Development Kenichi

India Bank Yokoyama

Arun Srinivas Director of Global Facebook India -

Business Group

Sandeep Batra whole time director ICICI Bank -

AK Dixit the new the Punjab and JB Bhoria

administrator Maharashtra Co-
operative Bank

Amitabh Bachchan the customer RBI -

awareness
campaign to prevent
gullible account
holders from being
duped by fraudsters

D K Kashyap Additional Director Dhanlaxmi Bank -

on the board

Rajkiran Rai G Chairman Indian Banks' Rajnish Kumar

Association

Siddhartha Mohanty Managing Director Life Insurance

Corporation (LIC)

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 Charanjit Attra CFO State Bank of India

Puri Buch whole-time SEBI

member(1 year
extended)

Arvind Hali MD & CEO

Motilal Oswal Home
Finance Limited
Amar Bahl the Deputy
Managing Director &
COO

Dinesh Kumar Khara Chairman SBI Rajnish Kumar

RK Chhibber Chairman and Jammu & Kashmir

Managing Director Bank(6 months
extended)

J Venkatramu MD and CEO India Post Payments

Bank

M Rajeshwar Rao deputy governor RBI NS

Vishwanathan

COMMITTEE

Person name Committee Board Members

Rohit Bharadwaj prepare a Standard Operating The Sports Authority 6

Procedure - phased of India (SAI).
resumption of training

Subhash Das revive the state economy Assam - Chief 8

Minister

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 Ajay Kumar pleas seeking 4G in J&K
Bhalla.

Danseuse Leela JCB Prize( Literature) 2020 5

Samson jury

(25 Lakhs)

Dr.Tayarao Task force to recommend to AYUSH 5

Lahane incorporate AYUSH treatment
modalities specifically for
increasing immunity against
COVID-19.

Neeraj Kumar Causes behind the leakage of Andhra Pradesh Govt 5

Prasad styrene gas from LG Polymer
plant

Lt.General D B Recommend to creating Defence ministry

Shekatkar border infrastructure. And GOI

Rajesh Bhushan Reform the Drug Regulator Ministry of health 11

System. and family affairs

Adille to monitor annual grant & IOA - 11

Sumariwala affiliation fee of its members
for the 2020-21 cycle.

T V Mohandas for the regulation and The Insolvency 12

Pai development of the service and Bankruptcy
providers Board of India

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 (IBBI).

G Kishan Reddy Committee to look into the Ministry of Home 10

welfare of freedom fighters affairs

to find solutions for speedy ADB 8

recovery of Covid-19 in
Southeast Asia

Jaya Jaitly To evaluate issues related to Women and Child 10

Infant Mortality Rate, development
Maternal Mortality Rate, Total ministry
Fertility Rate, and Sex Ratio at
Birth, Child Sex Ratio (CSR)
and any other issue that
pertains to health as well as
nutrition.

Rajnath Singh To resolve any problem in GOI

the implementation of the
Rs 3 lakh crore collateral-
free loan scheme for
MSMEs.

review ownership corporate

PK. Mohanty RBI
structure Private sector
banks.

fixing cost of COVID isolation,

V.K.Paul Amit Shah
ICU beds in private hospitals.
Recommends Panel

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 high-level panel - Support
M.Ahmed ADB
COVID-19 Recovery in
Saheed
Southeast Asia.

to study problems related to

Anil Parab 13
transport services amid
COVID-19 crisis-in
Maharastra.

To suggest insurance
Anjan Dev 9
products covering risks
involved in use of drones.
to examine Surety Bonds for
G Srinivasan IRDAI
road contracts
a working group to study the
Suresh Mathur IDRAI
feasibility of forming a
'pandemic risk pool'
An Independent Panel To
Helen Clark & World Health
Ellen Johnson Review Its Handling Of The Organization
COVID-19 Pandemic
Sirleaf

Advises The Capital Markets

Usha Thorat 20
Regulator On Matters Related member
To Regulation And
Development Of Mutual Fund
Industry
Study QR Codes Of
Deepak Pathak 6
Contactless Transaction

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 In Pandemic. member

panel for one-time

KV Kamath RBI
restructuring of loans

to fix ceiling rates under

G K Pillai 3
duty reimbursement
scheme for exporters.

VK paul Panel to discuss matters

related to the Procurement
and distribution of Covid-19
vaccines.

to probe into the Air India

S S Chahar 5
Express aircraft crash at
Kozhikode airport.

to look into all aspects of

Dr.Sandeep Tamilnadu 12
the draft Environment
Saxena
Impact Assessment
Notification 2020 issued
by the Centre.

bats for a new non-profit

T L Alamelu 10
company to minimize
insurance losses.

A Niti Aayog task force

Ramesh Chand
has recommended linking
sugarcane prices to sugar

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 rates to keep the industry
in sound financial health.

assessment the efficient

Lt. Gen. DB 3
utilization of the Armed
Shekatkar
Forces Headquarters Civil
Companies (AFHQ CS)
cadre.

an expert committee to
V. Ramagopal DRDO
redefine the role of DRDO
Rao
for the current and
futuristic Defence and
battlefield scenarios.

to look into the National

Dheeraj Kumar The Tamil Nadu 7
Education Policy-2020
Government

to study Index-Linked Life

Dinesh Pant - 6
Policies for life insurance
companies

to assess impact of interest

Rajiv Mehrishi - 3
waiver on six-month loan
moratorium

Empowered Group of
Defence Ministry - -
Ministers to oversee the
process of corporatisation of
the Ordnance Factory Board
(OFB).

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 conducting a study on the
- The government 16
origin and evolution of Indian
culture

to cap charges for CT scans

Dr Maharashtra 4
for COVID-19patients
SudhakarShinde

to prepare roadmap for

Shri Ajay Tirkey Government -
regularisation of land leasing
in agri sector

propose legalising land

T Haq A Niti Aayog -
leasing to promote
agricultural efficiency, equity
and poverty reduction and to
ensure complete security of
the ownership rights of the
landowner as well as security
of tenure for the tenant
through the agreed lease
period

to improve the air quality in

Dr. P. K. Mishra - -
National Capital Region of
Delhi

inspection of COVID
Dr - -
hospitals
Harshavardhan

technical group on social

Harsh Kumar Sebi -
stock exchange.

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 Bhanwala

to manage Lakshmi Vilas

Meeta Makhan RBI 3
Bank

Pradip Shah to formulate plan to develop

IFSCA
international retail business

M B Loku to monitor stubble burning in

Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and
Haryana in wake of rising air
pollution in the Delhi-National
Capital Region (NCR).
recommend appropriate
Madhabi Puri SEBI
policy for access to securities
Buch
market data

explore possibility of a basic

P Umesh IRDAI
standard product structure to
provide insurance cover for
individuals and
establishments to manage
their cyber risks

to examine the issues

Harish Kumar + 2
concerning expenditure limit
Umesh Sinha
for a candidate in view of
increase in number of
electors and rise in Cost
Inflation Index and other
factors

expeditious investment
Edappadi K Tamil Nadu
facilitation and single-window
Palaniswami
clearances clearances
cleared 23 industrial projects
with investments of Rs

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 25,213 crore .

to review the urban planning

Rajiv Kumar NITI Aayog 14-
education system in India member
and examine the availability,
demand and supply of
qualified urban planners in
the country

commemorate the 400th

Narendra Modi 70-
birth anniversary of Shri Guru member
Tegh Bahadur

introducing reforms in urban The Union 14

planning education system in government
India

Ajay Kumar screen all Chinese foreign Government

Bhalla investment proposals those
considered “non-
controversial” could be
approved
the central bank’s panel that
Ashima government 3
decides interest rates
Goyal,Shashanka
Bhide, Jayanth
Varma
to address technology gaps
Josh Foulger ICEA
in Indian mobile phone and
electronics manufacturing
sector

to spearhead research and

Amitabh Kant government
study on energy modelling in
India

to streamline telecom
Rajiv Gauba Government
spectrum allocation.

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 OTHERS

Name designation Organization Replaced

Vinkesh Gulati President FADA -

Society of Indian
Kenichi Ayukawa President -
Automobile
Manufacturers
(SIAM)

children's rights
Ayushmann UNICEF's celebrity -
campaign 'For
Khurrana advocate
Every Child'

United Nations
Khushi Chindaliya Regional -
Environment
Ambassador for
Programme -
India
Tunza Eco-
Generation

Air Chief Marshal non-executive and

(Retd) B S Dhanoa independent Hero MotoCorp
director

Sanjay Bhan Head of Global

Business

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 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

IISC BENGALURU:

 IISc Bangalore - eye gaze controlled computer interface for people with
SSMI(Severe Speech and Motor Impairment)
 IISc Bangalore - has developed a low cost, drop on demand printing technique
 IISc Bangaluru + Wipro GE Healthcare = the inauguration of an advanced
center for innovation and research critical resources in Covid-19 pandemic
 IISc Bangalore + ISRO = sustainable process for making brick-like structures
on the moon
 IISc Bangalore - GoCoronaGo - To help identify people who may have crossed
paths with COVID-19 suspects.
 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) + IISC
Bangalore = RaIDer-X, New explosive detection device
 IISc Bangaluru + IndianOil R&D - hydrogen generation technology for
producing fuel cell-grade hydrogen at an affordable price
 IISc Bangaluru - nanomotors can help in early detection of cancer cells

IIT MADRAS:

 IIT Madras - “Parabolic trough collector” system- for concentrating solar

energy for industrial application.
 IIT Madras + University of North Texas + US Army Research Laboratory –
develop magnesium alloy- replace steel, aluminum in automobiles.

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 IIT Madras -Helps Odisha's Chilika Lake to triple Irrawaddy Dolphin
population.
 IIT Madras + General Electric India - Technology Centre - developing a 3D
printed combustor - reducing weight and improving fuel efficiency - small
aircraft and helicopter engines
 IIT Madras incubated start-up - Modulus Housing - portable hospital unit -
‘MediCAB’ - installed by four people anywhere within two hours.
 IIT Madras –generates fund Rs 22cr for launching wrist band for detecting
covid symptoms.
 Ashok Leyland + Hindustan Zinc + IIT Madras - To develop Zinc air battery
 IIT Madras - indigenous microprocessor – Moushik
 IIT Madras’ Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre + Helyxon = developed
remote patient monitoring solutions for Covid-19
 IIT Madras + Center for Development of Advance Computing = two
microprocessors named SHAKTI (32 bit) and VEGA (64bit)
 IIT Madras + Stuttgart University, Germany = ‘co-composting’ methods that
can be used to safely dispose of toxic pharmaceutical wastewater and sludge
 IIT Madras - a new material to effectively split Water into Hydrogen and
Oxygen using Solar Power
 Muse Nanobots, IIT Madras - a nanotech-coating on textiles that can
deactivate coronavirus within five minutes ofcontact
 SCTIMST + Modulus Housing,IIT Madras =to set up portable hospital
infrastructure for COVID -19
 IIT Madras - Rogue Drones - Ensuring Safety at Vital Locations
 IIT Madras + the Tamil Nadu Science and Expertise Centre = collectively
conduct ‘Shaastra Juniors
 IIT Madras + MIT = develop productive usage of agricultural and industrial by-
products

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  IIT Madras - a food wrapping material to prevent packaged food
contamination by bacteria + reduce the plastic waste generated in the
environment when disposing the wrappers

IIT KANPUR

 IIT Kanpur - virtual classroom system named 'Mobile Masterjee'

 IIT Kanpur - UV sanitizing device ‘SHUDDH’ - make your room COVID free -
SHUDDH- Smartphone-operated Handy Ultraviolet Disinfection Helper.
 IIT Kanpur + Power Finance Corporation - smart grid technology
 IIT Kanpur + Ministry of Defence =a prompt and predictive grievance redress
mechanism using artificial intelligence and machine learning tools
 BEML Limited + IIT Kanpur = development of unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) or drones
 IIT Kanpur - Technopark@iitk - to allow the beleaguered MSMEs to leverage
the Institute’S R&D strengths
 IIT-Kanpur + Indian Railways - to facilitate research on railway modernization
 IIT Kanpur - A working Prototype of a positive Pressure Respirator System -

alternative to high end N95 face masks

IIT Bhubaneshwar

 IIT Bhubaneshwar - Develops technology to conduct online exams in a

comprehensive manner, plugging the loop holes in existing system.

IIT DELHI:

 IIT Delhi + Sona Comstar - support, fund and mentor - innovative startups –
Rs 80 lakhs
 AIIMS + IIT-Delhi = COPAL-19 - patients needing plasma therapy
 TRIFED+ IIT Delhi = UNNAT BHARAT ABHIYAN by Ministry of HRD.

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  IIT Delhi incubated startup Chakr Innovation - ‘Chakr DeCoV’ -
decontamination device to decontaminate N95 masks.
 NHAI + IIT Delhi =Center of Excellence on Use ofArtificial Intelligence in Data
Driven Decision Making in NHAI
 IIT Delhi - “Infection-proof fabric" - used at hospitals to prevent hospital-
acquired infections (HAIs).
 IIT Delhi - PRACRITI - “PRACRITI gives a detailed state-wise and district-wise
predictions of viral cases - PRediction and Assessment of CoRona Infections
and Transmission in India
 CRPF + IIT Delhi + DRDO = create a pool of officials who will work to find
technology solutions for its operational challenges
 E-TEX and Clensta, IIT Delhi - launch an antiviral protection kit for masses - E-
TEX Kawach Antiviral T-Shirt and Kawach Mask.
 IIT Delhi incubated startup Nanosafe Solutions - a range of antimicrobial
water storage container based on the inherent antimicrobial properties of
copper
 IIT Delhi + DAKSH Society, Bengaluru - establish the DAKSH Centre of
Excellence (CoE) for Law and Technology

IIT GUWAHATI:

 IIT GUWAHATI - Discovered ideas- can help prevent or reduce short-term

memory losses associated with Alzheimer’s disease-using low-voltage
electric field-‘trojan peptides’ to arrest aggregation of neurotoxic molecules in
the brain.
 IIT-Guwahati - 'UV-Astra' - to sanitise surfaces
 IIT Guwahati + Imperial College London, UK =a tailored ‘meta-grid’ of
nanoparticles

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  IIT Guwahati + the University of Pardubice, Czech Republic = data protection
project
 IIT Guwahati + Workspace Metal Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Udaipur = a first-of-its-
kind self-check kiosk
 IIT Guwahati - 3D-printed ear guard - For comfortable use of face masks by
healthcare workers
 IIT Guwahati – Drone to sanitize large areas

 IIT Guwahati + Berger Paints = alcohol-free surface disinfectant can stay

active on a variety of surfaces for an extended period of hours, and fight off
bacteria and COVID-like viruses
 IIT Guwahati - a low-cost membrane technology to produce psychoactive
drugs and anti-aging compounds from wide range of agricultural resources

IIT BOMBAY

 IIT Bombay - Dhruva-Indian receiver chip for NAVIC, GPS satellites.

 IIT Bombay+ Delhi+ Tata Projects Limited = to construct a smog tower in
Connaught Place
 Navork Innovations Private Ltd and Abstract Ideas, IIT Bombay - “Avran” -can
keep surfaces free from bacteria and virus for 10 days
 IIT Bombay + Shiv Nadar University = technology for production of
environment friendly Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries
 IIT Bombay - “Safe” - Safe checks for violations by those asked to be home-
quarantined
 SINE, IIT Bombay - CAWACH - Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID-19
Health Crisis“CAWACH”.
 IIT Bombay - AyuSynk - ‘Digital stethoscope’To check heartbeat without touch
 IIT Bombay - Glass Substrates - For 5G devices, consumer electronics
 IIT Bombay - Nasal passage gel

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IIT KHARAGPUR

 IIT- KHARAGPUR - AI-based system - track social distancing

 IIT Kharagpur - advanced weather forecast system - help farmers in
agricultural activities and reduce climatic risks.
 IIT Kharagpur = DEEKSHAK - an e-classroom software for teachers
 IIT Kharagpur - micro-needle, which is thinner than a human hair, and a micro-
pump for injecting drugs to patients in a painless way
 IIT Kharagpur - an artificial intelligence-based prediction model for detecting
arsenic pollution in drinking water
 IIT Kharagpur – iMediX - a telemedicine system for Corona Care from Home
 IIT Kharagpur - diagnostic Machine COVIRAP used to Covid-19 detection.
 IIT Kharagpur - a novel Industry 4.0 technology - remotely controlled factory
operations and real-time quality correction during industrial production in
India’s advanced manufacturing sector

IIT HYDERABAD

 IIT Hyderabad + CSIR + Intel India - to develop solution and strategies to

combat COVID-19.
 IIT Hyderabad + NVIDIA = to establish India’s first ‘NVIDIA Artificial
Intelligence Technology Centre to speed up the research work on AI and its
commercial purpose
 IIT Hyderabad - ‘activated carbon electrode’ material from cornhusk - high-
voltage supercapacitors
 IIT Hyderabad - a solution that can sift through the video feed from CCTVs
and find out people who are using mobile phones

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  IIT Hyderabad + Hong Kong-based financial firm New Frontier Capital
Management = Venture Ecosystem
 IIT Hyderabad - neem oil encapsulated electrospun polyurethane
nanofibrous bags for seed storage

IIT ROPAR

 TSW + IIT Ropar – online course- Post Graduate Sertificate Programme in AI

& Deep Learning.
 IIT Ropar - Ultraviolet light based sanitization unit using a household luggage
trunk.
 IIT Ropar - Low cost negative pressure chambers to contain spread of
coronavirus
 IIT Ropar + Momentum India Pvt. Ltd = A unique UVGI based Room
Disinfection Device named “UVSAFE”
 IIT Ropar - A Machine - This products can be sterilized using UV rays
 IIT Ropar - Sampark-O-Meter - Can indicate areas on maps with maximum
coronavirus infection possibility

IIT ROORKEE

 IIT Roorkee - Research on the identification of antiviral to treat Covid-19

 The IVRI + IIT-Roorkee - project to find an effective anti-viral drug against
SARS-CoV-2 under a special drive called ‘Intensification of Research in High
Priority Area’ (IRHPA). And also COVID - 19 vaccine for animals.
 IIT Roorkee - disinfection box - can be used to sterilize personal belongings,
medical equipment, PPE, against coronavirus
 IIT Roorkee - a system to facilitate smooth driving and minimize accidents in
foggy weather conditions

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  IIT Roorkee + NIUA - areas of universal design principles and inclusive
development in the backdrop of BASIIC program

IIT GANDHINAGAR

 “MIRAHD”-Covid-19 Dashboard
 IIT Gandhinagar - a new molecule which can be used as a targeted therapy for
prostate cancer

IIT MANDI, HIMACHAL PRADESH

 IIT MANDI - infusion technology – herbs – herbal infusions - mid-Himalayan

region - help farmers.
 IIT MANDI - Magnetic RAM - To enable higher data storage, faster
computation
 IIT Mandi - environmentally safe and cost-efficient catalysts - enable
industrial chemical reactions

IIT ALUMNI COUNCIL

 IIT Alumni Council – MegaTx - to create an end-to-end indigenous

biotherapeutics ecosystem targeting safe and effective treatments for Covid
19.
 IIT Alumni Council + CSIR-IGIB = conduct Covid-19 research and patient data
analysis
 IIT Alumni Council - India Innovation Network (I2Net) - to accelerate research
on infectious diseases, primarily the Covid-19 pandemic
 IIT Alumni Council + Lomonosov Moscow State University + Russoft = build
the world’s largest and fastest hybrid quantum computer in India

OTHERS IIT

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 Flipkart + IIT Patna =research in artificial intelligence, machine learning and
natural language processing
 IIT Dhanbad + CSIR-IICB - to find solution to understand Parkinson’s disease.
 IIT Tirupati + IISER Tirupati - the Portable Optical Cavity Sterilization Unit
(POSCU) - to provide efficient and rapid decontamination of personal
protective equipment (PPE) and other household items
 Goa Shipyard Limited + IIT Goa = artificial intelligence, internet of things and
computational field dynamics
 IIT Jodhpur + National Highway Authority of India - to share their expertise
for betterment of highway infrastructure

IIITs

 IIIT Allahabad +Samarkand State University, Uzbekistan = to collaborate in

several fields especially in interdisciplinary areas of research and studies
 Intel + PHFI + Telangana government + IIIT Hyderabad = new 'Applied
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Centre' - focus on leveraging AI to solve
challenges in key sectors
 NDMA + IIIT Hyderabad = a Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) Primer for better
insight into structural safety in the wake of earthquake risks

IIMs

 IIM Bangalore + innovation hub NSRCEL - Women Start-up Programme to

support women entrepreneurs.
 Uttar Pradesh + IIM Lucknow - bolstering self-employment opportunities for
the educated youth in the state.
 IIM Kozhikode - an e-learning hub and library - pilot project for villagers in
Mavoor

Space News

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 “Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope” - renamed- Nancy Grace Roman
Space Telescope-USA.
 SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft - successfully takes off -for International
Space Station -with 2 astronauts-Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley.
 Indian-origin girl - Vaneeza - names - NASA’s 1st Mars helicopter -
‘Ingenuity’(The inventive character of a person).
 South African + US scientists - MeerKAT telescope - solve the mystery – ‘ X
shaped radio galaxies’
 ISRO - image of Mars’ biggest moon Phobos
 NASA -- first operational commercial crew flight of a SpaceX Crew Dragon
spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket-SEPTEMBER 2020.
 NASA - Mars rover to look for signs of ancient life.
 NASA + HeroX- Lunar Loo-to attract innovative solution to solve problems
related to human waste management in space.
 NASA’s Artemis mission + HeroX- to take the first woman and the next men to
the moon by 2024.
 Skyroot Aerospace – Raman - test fired an upper-stage rocket engine
 Chandrayaan-2 - to capture image of 'Sarabhai Crater' on Moon
 ISRO + Veer SurendraSai University of Technology, Odisha = for setting up an
innovation-cum-incubation to promote knowledge about space research
among students
 Hubble Space Telescope, NASA - the immense envelope of gas called a Halo,
surrounding the Andromeda galaxy
 AstroSat - an extreme ultraviolet light from a galaxy, which is 9.3 billion light-
years away from Earth
 NASA - Artemis Plan to land first woman, next man on moon in 2024
 Pixxel + Momentus Inc = to launch its second satellite into space

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PSCA on Kodiak Island in the United States’
 Nelco + Telesat = on terrestrial facilities, commercial distribution and
regulatory frameworks to offer Telesat LEO satellite connectivity in India
 NASA robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex - descend to an asteroid dodging
boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a
handful of cosmic rubble for return to Earth
 India - earth observation satellite EOS-01 from the spaceport of Sriharikota
in Andhra Pradesh
 ISRO - schedule to launch its Venus mission in 2025 –France participated in it
 NASA - SS Kalpana Chawla Cygnus spacecraft to International Space station
- Antares rocket for NG-14 mission
 NASA Nano Satellite India Sat - Developed by Three Tamil Nadu Students
into Sub-orbit. — M. Adnaan + M. Kesavan + V. Arun
 A Russian Soyuz spacecraft - 3 cosmonauts blasted off from the Baikonur
cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to International Space Station

DRDO

 Developed Ultra Swachh for disinfection of PPEs, electronic items, fabrics.

 DRDO – Germiclean - a sanitizing chamber - sanitize uniforms of police,
security forces
 DRDO – UV Blaster - Ultra Violet Disinfection Tower - rapid and chemical free
disinfection.
 DRDO - sets up research cell at IIT Hyderabad
 BDL + DRDO = Akash Missile Weapon System

 DRDO – new Ultraviolet C light products - Automatic Mist Based Sanitizer

Dispensing Unit, UV sanitization Box and Hand-held UV device - for COVID-19
disinfection process.

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 Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology – 2 types of
swabs and viral transport medium - COVID-19 testing
 ARCI + SCTIMST- next gen biodegradable metal implants from use in
humans.
 {International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New
Materials (ARCI)}.
 SCTIMST + Tynor Orthotics Private Limited = to boost development of
devices for osteoarthritis & diabetic foot ulcer
 SCTIMST - Indigenous device can help prevent blood clot in deep vein and
lowers cost of saving life threatening conditions
 Wipro 3D + SCTIMST = AirBridge - a battery backed Emergency Breathing
Assistance System
 SCTIMST - AcryloSorb - canister bags lined with super-absorbent material
containing an effective disinfectant - the safe management of infected
respiratory secretions
 SCTIMST - an indigenous easy-to-operate Emergency Breathing Assist
System in an effort to meet the shortage of ventilators during the COVID-19
crisis
 VST Mobile Solutions + SCTIMST - Internet of Things - automated mask
disposal machine -“BIN-19” & “UltraViolet SPOT”
 SCTIMST(Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology) -

disinfection gateway and face mask disposal bin -to fight COVID-19

pandemic.

 SCTIMST - a novel Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) that can help
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 CSIR-NCL - Nasopharyngeal swab for collecting samples from throat cavity of

patients affected from Sars-Cov-2 virus.
 CSIR-CSIO-protective eye care for health workers.
 CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory- Portable oxygen unit – used in homes,
hospitals & remote rural areas.
 CSIR – CMERI - POMID & BPDS – disinfectant sprayers -{POMID -
Pneumatically Operated Mobile Indoor Disinfection - BPDS - Battery
Powered Disinfectant Sprayer}
 CSIR - approval from Drug Controller General of India - two clinical trial drugs -
“favipiravir” and “phytopharmaceutical”- combat coronavirus
 COPS - CSIR- CMERI - contactless Solar Based Intelligent Mask Automated
Dispensing Unit cum Thermal Scanner - ‘IntelliMAST - ’ Touchless Faucet and
360 degree Car Flusher for workplace.
 CSIR-CMERI - Affordable Solar Powered Battery based Sprayers to tackle
Water Crisis in Agriculture
 CSIR-CMERI - world’s largest solar tree – Durgapur
 CSIR-CMERI +NISE, Gurugram = as a Strategic Association to bolster the
Solar Energy Sector
 CSIR + Mylan Laboratories Limited - address unmet patient needs amidst the
evolving COVID-19 pandemic.
 CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune + BEL = 2 medical devices -

Digital IR Thermometer + oxygen enrichment unit (OEU)

 CSIR-CMERI - a Municipal Solid Waste Processing Facility that has helped in

achieving decentralised decimation of solid wastes
 Raymold Luminaires + CSIR-CSIO - develop ultraviolet germicidal irradiation
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 Dynamatic Technologies Ltd + CSIR-CSIO - designing, developing and
manufacturing futuristic solutions for the defence and aerospace, healthcare
and agriculture industry
 CSIR's Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology - improved beehive for
quality and hygienic extraction of honey
 Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore - manufacturing of
ginger paste
 CSIR-CMERI - High Flow Rate Water Purification Technology - Fluoride and
Iron Removal

Others

 Bharat Biotech + Thomas Jefferson University- new vaccine candidate for

COVID-19- in Philadelphia.
 Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd- new clinical trial in India- to test a
combination of 2 anti-viral drugs, favipiravir, & umifenovir.
 Biocon Biopharmaceutical - Drugs Controller General of India’s (DCGI)
emergency – to use Cytosorb for covid treatement.
 Mumabi Naval Dockyard - a UV sanitization- UV bay to meet this emerging
requirement
 Defence Institute of Advanced Technology - Nano-technology based
disinfectant spray -“ANANYA”- for all type of surface
 “Platina”- world’s largest convalescent plasma project- therapy-cum-trial-
Maharashtra CM launched.
 “COVAXIN”-1st COVID-19 vaccine- Bharat Biotech + ICMR + National Institute
of Virology.
 INST - nanorods - reduce pain,fever, or inflammation and found it to be an
effective non–invasive small molecule-based nanotherapeutics against
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 Serum Institute of India + Gavi + the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation = to
accelerate manufacture, delivery of Covid19 vaccines for India
 Lucas TVS deploys- Trust AI- for staff social distancing-“BLP Industry.AI”.
 The Indian Air Force – squadron with a fleet of Light Combat Aircrafts – LCA
Tejas - at Sulur, Coimbatore- Number-18 Flying Bullets.
 Macpower (Gujarat) - indigenous hot air seam sealing machine – personal
protection equipment kits.
 Spirulina groundnut Chikki - developed by - the Central Food Technological
Research Institute CFTRI (Mysore, Karnataka).
 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research - an economical
and energy efficient wafer-scale - photo detector - detect weak scattered light
and indicate unwanted activity
 Arvi (Mumbai) - contactless thermal scanning kiosks amid the COVID-19
pandemic – Arvi Kiosks.
 Bharat Benz - India's first infectious disease - diagnostic lab – built in 8 days.
 SERB - ‘Accelerate Vigyan’ scheme - To strengthen scientific research
mechanism
 Maven Labs - physical distancing monitoring tool named SudRz. - Keen-
sighted (Meaning)
 University of Toronto in Canada - TAT CARMIL1 - new protein which may
reduce inflammation due to Covid-19.
 The Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology, Kochi - low-cost “germicidal
chambers” for arresting the likelihood of secondary mode of transmission
through contaminated surfaces used by Covid-infected personnel
 University of Houston - ‘catch and kill’ - a air filter which scientists claim can
trap the Coronavirus, and can reportedly neutralize its existence.

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 Bharat Forge Limited + Blackstraw = the Health Risk Monitoring that enables
companies and institutions to comply with government-provided guidelines
for safe reopening
 Professor Hadas Mamane of Tel Aviv University - converted waste to form
ethanol to use it in sanitizers
 UVRAS - Ultra Violet Robot-Assisted Sanitizer - The Veer Surendra Sai
University of Technology in Odisha developed a robot-assisted device that
uses short-wave ultraviolet ray for sanitization.
 Translational Health Science and Technology Institute - a synthetic peptide-
based vaccine candidate targeting Coronavirus.
 Kritiscan - ARCI + Vehant - UV System for baggage Scan Disinfection to fight
COVID 19
 Biocon + Voluntis - digital therapeutics for diabetes patients.
 NUOS Home Automation - an infrared (IR) touchless thermal scanner for
automatically detecting persons with elevated body temperature.
 SAFEWAY Advanced Disinfectant Systems - BOX360 - Ultraviolet-based
sanitizer to contain the virus spread through surface.
 Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) - 'Aashray' medical bed
isolation system -to combat COVID-19 by preventing or minimizing the spread
of the virus.
 Godrej Appliances - a UV-C technology-based disinfecting device named
Godrej Viro shield
 Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences - catalyst - improve hydrogen
extraction from water
 NRDC + CSIR-NAL = will establish an innovation-cum-incubation center with
external private funding to promote startups in the emerging area of
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 Maruti Suzuki + Nadathur S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning =
to spearhead innovations in the mobility space
 ARCI - a couple of cost-effective electrode material for making affordable
supercapacitor devices, from waste biomass like tamarind seeds and
industrial cotton waste
 Dr. T. Mathimani = low-cost biodiesel from microalgae
 The Defence Institute of Advanced Technology -"Healthy Air" -herbal-based
immunity-boosting room freshener product - to contain the spread of COVID-
19.
 C-CAMP + ISIC = identify and nurture frugal innovations and make quality
healthcare affordable and accessible
 JNCASR - a theranostics (diagnostic therapy) drug candidate for lung cancer
 Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology - new “Disinfectant Sprays” - to
prevent microbial infections and to decontaminate vegetables and fruits
 Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence - a tool 'cough against COVID'
to screen COVID-19 infections
 Anna University - an easy way to treat dyes and other organic contaminants in
industrial waste water using direct sunlight
 University of Washington + the Institute Pasteur in Paris + Vir Biotechnology
in Switzerland = an ultrapotent cocktail of human antibodies to eradicate
SARS-CoV-2 from the system
 Vivek Akhouri, Bihar - anti-breast cancer property in red sandalwood seeds
 British Scientists - a four-level scoring model for predicting the death risk of
patients hospitalized with Covid-19
 Brihaspathi Technologies – COVIPRO - a Unique Kiosk-based Solution to
Prevent Corona
 University of Melbourne – Australia - a new tool to monitor mutations in the
virus that may make it difficult to develop vaccines and drugs for COVID-19

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 FICCI FLO Hyderabad Chapter + CIE IIIT-H = the FLOIncubator@CIE IIITH = to
empower women entrepreneurs and women-led start-ups.
 Mandaji Narsimha Chary - virus killer box to kill virus
 Bluesemi - ‘SENS’ a contactless and wireless thermal scanner - uses AI to
detect body temperature
 ICAR-CIBA + Salem Microbes Private Limited, Salem = bacteriophage-based
product that was effective in biocontrol of the bacterial diseases in shrimp
hatchery settings
 Loop, Netherlands - biodegradable ‘living’ coffin using fungus
 Adon Joy , Kerala - a ‘smart helmet’ which consists of sensors that are
connected to the two-wheeler via a mobile application

 NBRI - Clean Hand Gel - alcohol-based herbal sanitizer.

 Agharkar Research Institute - “bug sniffer” - detects pathogens.

 CovidGyan – Started by TIFR (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) + IISc

+ TMC (Tata Memorial Centre)

 The National Health Authority + Uber = to provide transportation service to

public healthcare workers

 DST (Department of Science & Technology) – Integrated Geospatial platform-

SAHYOG

 Naval Aircraft Yard (Kochi) - air evacuation pod (Aluminum + Nitrile Rubber +

Perspex) -for COVID patients

 Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre - The three strains of covid-19 virus in

India

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 Institute of Nanoscience and technology - A stable material for pseudo

capacitors or super capacitors which store electrical energy by electron

charge transfer

 Jclean weather Technology - “Scitech Airon negative ion generator

 PIB (Press Information Bureau) – COVID 19 fact check Unit

 The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research -

antimicrobial coating to stop spread of viruses

 Prasar Bharti – new Channel “DD Retro”

 MoS for Agriculture-Kailash Choudhary - “PUSA decontamination and

sanitizing tunnel” - Delhi.

 CeNS – Sensor for heavy metal Detection in water

 Pasagada Hemanjani, Andhra Pradesh - ‘auto sanitiser gloves’ - could

disinfect objects and surfaces effortlessly
 TAM Media Research - analytical tool named CRISP - gauge and understand
the consumer reviews and sentiments for marketers -CRISP - Consumer
Reviews & Influencer Sentiments for Brand Performance
 BDR Pharmaceuticals - the generic version ofLenvatinib drug for the
treatment of various types of cancers in India.
 Researchers in England - a model that can calculate a person’s risk of
contracting the coronavirus and getting critically affected by it
 Netherlands scientists - a potential new organ in the human throat that they
stumbled upon while carrying out research on prostate cancer
 CCMB incubated startup Clone Deals - mushroom-based immunity booster
CoronAid to fight COVID-19.
 OralScan - hand-held imaging device for screening, detection and biopsy
guidance of oral cancer

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 Maruti Suzuki India + Microsoft- a smartphone-based technology for testing
applicants seeking driver’s license - HAMS (Harnessing Automobile for
Safety)
 Synchron - brain-computer that allows patients with severe paralysis to text,
email, shop
 International League of Dermatological Societies + the American Academy
of Dermatology - a new coronavirus symptom named COVID toes on feet
 IBM + Pfizer - an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can help predict
Alzheimer’s disease in healthy people before symptoms develop
 IGCAR, Kalpakkam - a thermal-imaging technology for easy detection of
breast cancer
 University of Texas - two molecules named SARS-CoV-2-PLpro that inhibit the
molecular "scissor" enzyme used by the coronavirus
 University of Birmingham - a project to develop household sprays and other
products that can help in the prevention of the novel coronavirus
 S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences - new “BreathPrint” -
detecting ulcer-causing gastric pathogen.
 Turtle Shell Technologies – Dozee - help in access to better healthcare by
providing accurate diagnosis of conditions.
 Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya - a portable soil testing kit- help farmers
determine nutritional content of soil on their land
 ICMR + Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company = "highly purified
antisera" prepared by injecting inactivated SARS-CoV2 in horses
 IPFT + ICAR – NRCSS - a new bio-pesticide formulation - helps in
controlling various insects in seed spice crops
 Gujrat State Fertilizers and Chemicals India Ltd – manufacture indigenous
variety of Calcium Nitrate’ & 'Boronated Calcium Nitrate' - Shipping ministry
launched
 National Institute of Technology, Trichy + C-DAC = installing a state of the art
super computer
 National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST),
Thiruvananthapuram - dehumidified drier for food and agri products and

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biodegradable plates, cups and cutleries
 Log 9 Materials – CoronaOven - disinfects from germs including bacteria and
viruses.
 AirOk - Vistar air purifiers - filter out major pollutants and gaseous substances

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Bangladesh
 India + Bangladesh - 2nd Addendum- to Protocol on Inland Water Transit and
Trade.
 An online network - ‘Shohojodha’ - facilitate plasma exchange b/w recovered
patients of COVID 19
 Bangladesh - “Digital Haat” platform - sacrificial animals ahead of the festival
of Eid-Ul-Azha
 Bangladesh - Asol Chini’ or ‘real-sugar’ - to fight fake information and rumor
spreading on social media
 India + Bangladesh = to resume Joint Coordinated Border Patrolling to reduce
criminal activities
 India + Bangladesh - to set up a ‘High Level Monitoring Committee’ to
regularly review the progress of implementation of projects being run with
Line of Credit (Loc) provided by India
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 Bangladesh - a mega scheme to dredge 10,000 kilometres of riverways in the
country to improve inland river navigability
Lebanon

 WHO + Lebanon =USD 1.7 million = protectiveequipment to help fight COVID-

19 + humanitarian aid after the deadly explosion in Beirut
 UN -$565 million -Beirut’s blast victims

New Zealand
 Free from corona virus
Japan
 Kokeshi Dolls - famous icon of the country’s culture.
 Japan - extend emergency loan - Rs 3,500 cr - for India to fight Covid19
 India + Japan = Cooperation In Textile Sector
 India + Japan = reciprocal supplies & services between armed forces
 India + Japan - cooperation in the field of Information and Communication
Technologies
 India + Japan = the field of cybersecurity
 Japan - anti-submarine exercise - South China Sea with three vessels
Pakistan

 USD 2 billion - debt relief from G20 to mitigate negative effects of pandemic
 Pakistan - in grey list of global terror financing watchdog- FATF till February
2021
 Pakistan - polio-free country -According to WHO
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in the Body of Patients
 India + Israel =to further strengthen their strategic bilateral relations by
promoting greater people-to-people exchanges
 Israel + India - to collaborate in tech innovation & start ups
 Israel + India - to co-development and co-production projects of high-tech
weapon systems and exporting them to other friendly countries
FRANCE
 India + France = in discussion for Mission Alpha-likeequipment for Gaganyaan
astronauts

 Banned the use of Hydroxychloroquine.

USA
 G7 summit- postponed- by US president Donalt trump.
 World’s first yoga university outside India-USA - Los Angeles
 The United States - $620 million - upgrade package for Patriot surface-to-air
missiles to Taiwan
 India + USA - strategic petroleum reserve in America.
 Reliance Foundation + United States Agency for International Development
= the W-GDP WomenConnect Challenge
 Wilmington - the first World War II Heritage City – announced by US President
Donald Trump
 US + Maldives = Defence deal to counter China's presence in Indian Ocean
 US + UAE = enhanced consular privileges and immunities
 India + the United States = statement of intent to strengthen dialogue on
Defence tech cooperation
 The United States - approve the potential sale of three weapon systems to
Taiwan - USD 1.8 billion

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 India + USA - sign BECA agreement during 2+2 dialogue to facilitate
exchange of sensitive information
 USA + India = USD 1.9 million =to support vulnerable populations like informal
sector workers whose livelihoods have been disrupted due to COVID-19
The Republic of Mali
 National Thermal Power Corporation Limited-Project management
consultancy contract-for development of 500mw solar parks
Russia
 India + Russia – Mou – Coking Coal.
 Sputnik V - first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine - developed by
Gamaleya Research Institute and Russian Defence Ministry
 Russia - The India Pavilion at the Army-2020 International Military and
TechnicalForum
 Russia + Turkey = on the delivery of the second batch of formidable S-400 air
Defence missile system
 Madhyathiruvithamkoor - screening on the 42nd version of the Moscow
International Film Festival – directed by Don Palatharas
 The Russian navy -conducted major war games–Alaska
 Iran + Russia = cooperate on joint production of Covid-19 vaccine
 Russia - second coronavirus vaccine EpiVacCorona - after early-stage trial -
developed by the Vector Institute in Siberia
Iran
 Iran - new currency - “Toman” - to tackle Inflation. 1 Toman = 10, 000 Riyals
 India + Iran = Chabahar-Zahedan railway project as part of its connectivity
initiatives in the region
Slovenia

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pandemic

Germany
 Germany - first major economy to phase out coal, nuclear power
 Germany - allocate 2 million euros (over USD 2.3 million) to provide
Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh with humanitarian aid
Myanmar
 Government seeks - $700mn USD – from IMF loan for COVID-19.
China
 China - unveil bronze statue of DrDwarkanathKotnis for his contributions
during WWII
 China has successfully launched a new rocket – Long March 5B.
 China - officially joined the World Health Organization's (WHO) COVAX
alliance - equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccines around the globe
 China – grant 90 million to Sri Lanka after visit by top official
 China - military style labour policy for Tibet replicating Xinjiang model
Denmark
 India + Denmark- developing cooperation in power sector
 Denmark + India - field of Intellectual Property (IP) Cooperation
 Denmark + India - to be at forefront of the global fight against the Climate
Change
Indonesia

 India + Indonesia - expansion of Defence industries deepening of maritime

security.
Zimbabwe

 India + Zimbabwe - in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and

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 India + Bhutan - Joint venture on 600MW Kholongchhu hydropower project

UK
 UK – dexamethasone - the world's first lifesaving drug coronavirus treatment -
reduce the risk of death severely ill patients
 UK - 5-billion-pound plan - fuel economic recovery in the wake of the
coronavirus crisis
 UK + India - anti-microbial resistance research an amount of 8million pounds.
The Maldives

 Maldives - 55thIndependence day on July 26.

 India + Maldives - establishment of ‘Emergency Medical Services
 India + Maldives =$ 18 Million =expansion of fishing facilities
 India + Maldives = $250 million =to help the cash-strapped economy
 India + Maldives = $500 million ($400 million - line of credit ; $100 million –
grant) - mega infra project
 India + Maldives - MVR 8 million - to build infrastructure for police force
 India + Maldives - USD 250 million - to help it mitigate the economic impact of
the COVID-19 pandemic
 India + Maldives - a cargo ferry service connecting Tuticorin and Cochin ports
 India + Maldives - a Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft - to help monitor
movement of Chinese vessels in regional waters
 The EXIM Bank of India + Maldives - $ 400 million - funding the Greater Male
Connectivity Project (GMCP)
Sri Lanka

 India - USD 15 million - to Sri Lanka for the promotion of Buddhist ties
between the two countries

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 India - a Line of Credit worth USD 100 million - to Sri Lanka for three solar
projects in the country
 India + Sri Lanka = to enhance cooperation to combat terrorism and drug
trafficking

Angola

 India + Angola = to diversify their trade relationship and discussed

cooperation in health, pharmaceuticals, Defence, agriculture, food processing,
digitization and telecom
UAE

 UAE – Agriota - will bridge the gap between millions of rural farmers in India
and the Gulf nation's food industry
 United Arab Emirates - start up Arab world's first nuclear power plant in the
country
 Dubai, UAE - a facial recognition system on public transport to beef up
security
 Dubai, UAE - unveil world’s largest fountain
Turkmenistan
 Turkmenistan- Observer status - by the World Trade Organization General
Council.

Mauritius

 India + Mauritius - destined to soar higher in future

 India + Mauritius- inaugurate the new Supreme Court Building of Mauritius
Finland

 India + Finland = cooperation in the field of Geology and Mineral Resources

Nepal

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assistance
Kazakhstan

 India + Kazakhstan - exploring widening defence partnership including joint

production as well as opening a new chapter in the heavy engineering sector
South Sudan
 The UN Security Council - extends South Sudan arms embargo until May
2021.
Nigeria

 Nigeria + India = space cooperation

Cambodia

 India + Cambodia - on cooperation in the field of health and medicine

Australia

 India - announce Australia joins the annual Malabar naval exercises with
the United States and Japan
 India + Australia - promote cooperation in surface and groundwater training,
education and research to achieve water security
Papua New Guinea

 The Institute of Chartered Accounts of India (ICAI) + the Certified Practising

Accountants of Papua New Guinea - capacity building and strengthening the
Accounting, Financial and Audit Knowledge base in the country
Myanmar

 India - deliver a kilo class submarine INS Sindhuvir to Myanmar Navy as part
of defence cooperation
SINGAPORE

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ID scheme
Portugal

 India +Portugal = to boost cooperation in areas of defence and security,

trade, and migration and mobility partnership
CANADA

 Canada - banned - bags, straws and four other single-use plastic items by the
end of 2021
Taiwan

 India +Taiwan think tanks - to foster cooperation in Indo-Pacific region

WHO

 Suspends clinical trial – of Hydroxy chlorine on COVID-19 patients.

 WHO + UN's postal agency - released commemorative postage stamp - 40th
anniversary - the eradication of smallpox

SATELITES

 Israel – Ofek 16 - high-quality military surveillance

 Russia – Arktika M - Launch First Satellite - Monitoring Arctic Climate This
year.
 Russia - The Glonass-K satellite - the third Russian navigation satellite of the
type, is planned to be launched using the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the
Fregat upper-stage booster
 China - a reusable experimental spacecraft - mission details have been kept
secret
 China - nine satellites into orbit from ship stationed in the Yellow Sea

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 China - two satellites - test the space-based Internet of Things (IoT)
communications technology – Launched by Rocket - Kuaizhou-1A
 China - Mars probe in space race with US-Tianwen-1 (Questions to Heaven).
 China - to launch the satelites Gaofen-9 05 + Tiantuo-5
 UAE - 'Hope' mission to Mars - Japanese rocket named H-IIA rocket.

 Iran's Guards – Noor - first military satellite.

Others
 According to the UN Children’s Fund, 5,037,000 people internally displaced in
India in 2019
 Syria was the largest number of conflict-related new displacements in 2019 in
MENA and sub-Saharan Africa
 According to the United Nations World Meteorological Organization – North
Pole’s – 6, 20,000 Sq. miles - largest-ever ozone hole – closes.
 The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) - India's unemployment
rate in May rose to 23.48%, marginally lower from 23.52% in April.

 G20 countries -pledge over $21billion -to fund fight Covid-19.

 Golden Globe awards-postponed-to Feb2021.
 Shanghai Cooperation Organization secretary general –India-“Pharmacy of
the world”-during covid-19.
 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne - rescheduled-on October.
 India - non-permanent member - UN Security Council - 2-year term. Along with
India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway - won the Security Council elections.
 India – August - UN Security Council - President 2021
 Rajnath Singh - attend the Victory Parade – Moscow -24th of June -
commemorate 75th anniversary victory in the Second World War.
 UNICEF + FICCI - a campaign - support the most vulnerable populations and
children during the ongoing COVID-19 response and its aftermath in India.

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 India - extends $1mn worth medical assistance - to North Korea to fight TB.
 The UK India Business Council + GUJARAT - to boost business and industrial
development.
 UAE + Israel = to cooperate on research and development related to Covid-19
 India + Australia + Japan = to establish greater supply-chain resilience in
trade and investment
 India + Israel + USA = to 5G communication network
 ReNew Power +UNEP = to promote increased access to renewable energy
and improved energy efficiency
 17th meeting of India-Vietnam Joint Commission held via video-conference –
2 MoUs
 India = USD 1 million = toAntigua and Barbuda to combat the COVID-19
outbreak
 India - the meeting of Council of Heads of Government of Shanghai
Cooperation Organization on 29-30 November 2020
 India and Afghanistan - the member of the Commission on Status of Women
 UN + Britain - to co-host a global climate summit - Dec 12
 Merchant Navy union + UN body - to help Indian seafarers stranded on ships
 Vice Chief of the Army in India Lt Gen SK Saini - visit US Army 25th Infantry
Division Lightning Academy and interacted with the troops there
 USAID - two new awards totalling $ 5 Million support to India’s Covid-19
response - $3-million to CAC - $2 million to the non-profit research institute
Wadhwani AI to develop tools
 India - an additional $ 1 billion Line of Credit for Central Asian countries -
widen connectivity and energy partnership among other sectors
 India - USD 1 million - palestinian refugees who have been facing extreme
challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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 India - the President of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) for a term of two
years
 France - Co- President of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)
 India - the Vice-Chair of Good Laboratory Practice, Working Group of OECD

NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Prime Minister – Narendra Modi

 Rs.1, 000cr- for West Bengal- for relief, rehabilitation in cyclone hit areas.
 Prime Minister - announces - Economic Package - Rs 20 Lakh Crore - 5-Pillars
– Economy Infrastructure System Demography Demand -make India self -
reliant.
 Prime Minister’s - Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund
- Trust Allocates - Rs 3100 Crore - Fight against COVID-19
 Rs. 2000 Cr - the purchase of ventilators
 Rs.1000 Cr - care of migrant labourers
 Rs. 100 Cr - to support vaccine

 Technology platform ‘Champions’ (CHAMPIONS -Creation and Harmonious

Application of Modern Processes for Increasing the Output and National
Strength).
 “My Life –My Yoga” (JeevanYoga) - Video Blogging Contest-by AYUSH +
ICCR
 Policy changes for the MSME sector as part of the AtmanirbharBharat
package

Category New Capital Old Capital New Old Turnover

Turnover
Micro 1 Crore 25 Lakh 5 Crore 10 Lakh

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Medium 50 Crore 10 crore 250 Crore 5 Crore

 PM Gareeb Kalyan Anna Yojana-extented-November.

 Narendra Modi - ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge’- for techies
and the start-up community for creating world class ‘Made in India’ apps.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi - ‘Gandagi, Bharat Chorho’ -a week-long
campaign to free India of garbage.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi - financing facility of Rs 1 lakh cr under
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi - Transparent Taxation--Honoring the Honest –
honoring the country's honest taxpayers.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi - to inaugurate Rani Lakshmi Bai Central
Agricultural University - Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
 Narendra Modi - submarine Optical Fibre Cable – connecting Chennai and
Port Blair
 Narendra Modi - unique health ID for every Indian citizen
 Narendra Modi - ‘Project Dolphin ‘ - conservation of Dolphins
 Narendra Modi - inaugurate The Patrika Gate - Jaipur, Rajasthan
 Narendra Modi - e-Gopala App - for farmers.
 Narendra Modi - the comprehensive fish production technology centre - Dr
Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University in Pusa in Bihar
 Narendra Modi - inauguration and ‘Grih Pravesham’ ceremony of 1 lakh 75
thousand houses built under PMAY-G - Madhya Pradesh
 Narendra Modi - launch and inaugurate development works worth over Rs
16,000 crore in the next 10 days in poll-bound Bihar
 Narendra Modi - three projects of the Petroleum Sector in Bihar
 Narendra Modi - to inaugurate Optical Fibre internet services – Bihar

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 Narendra Modi - ‘Age -Appropriate Fitness Protocols’ on first anniversary of
Fit India Movement
 Narendra Modi - inaugurate six mega projects in Uttarakhand under the
Namami Gange Mission
 Narendra Modi - Ganga Avalokan”, the first museum on Ganga - at Chandi
Ghat, Haridwar
 Narendra Modi - The logo of Jal Jeevan Mission and ‘Margdarshika for Gram
Panchayats and Paani Samitis under Jal Jeevan Mission’
 Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra – launched by Narendra Modi
 Narendra Modi - e-dedicated country's biggest cardiac hospital at U.N.
Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center
 Narendra Modi - a Mobile Application for tele-cardiology at Civil Hospital
campus in Ahmedabad
 Narendra Modi - inaugurate the first seaplane service from Sabarmati
Riverfront in Ahmedabad to the Statue of Unity in Kevadia Colony in the
Narmada district, Gujarat
 Narendra Modi - Ekta Diwas Celebrations at Kevadia, Gujarat on October 31
 Narendra Modi - the Sardar Patel Zoological Park in Kevadia, Narmada
district, Gujarat
 Narendra Modi - scheduled to flag off Ekta Cruise Service to the Statue of
Unity
 Narendra Modi - inaugurate Ekta Mall and Children Nutrition Park in Gujarat
 Narendra Modi - unveil the Statue of Unity website in all UN official
languages and the Kevadia App at the Unity Glow Garden
 Narendra Modi - 'Margdarshika' for Gram Panchayats and Paani Samitis for
implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission
 Narendra Modi - launch the physical distribution of property cards - the
'SVAMITVA' (ownership) scheme
 Narendra Modi - a commemorative coin of Rs. 100 in honour of Vijaya Raje
Scindia
 Narendra Modi - rename Pravara Rural Education Society as Loknete Dr
Balasaheb Vikhe Patil Pravara Rural Education Society - Ahmednagar,
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 Narendra Modi - a commemorative coin of Rs. 75 - to mark 75th anniversary
of Food and Agriculture Organization
Defence - Rajnath Singh

 The Ministry of Defence + TATA POWER SED - modernize infrastructure - 37

airfields of Indian Air Force. - Rs 1200 Cr - total cost of this project.
 Defence Minister - inaugurates - new road - Kailash Mansarovar – Distance of
80 Km.
 Indian Navy - An operation - “Samudra Setu” – Ship - Jalsashwa
 Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme-outlay -Rs.400cr.
 Ministry of Defence + MyGov - quiz competition on ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat –
Swatantra Bharat’ in order to create patriotic feeling among youth and masses
 Defence Ministry - HAL-IISc skill development centre – Karnataka
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh – SRIJAN = provide access to the vendors to
take up items for indigenization.
 Defence Minisry - Directorate General National Cadet Corps (DGNCC) Mobile
Training App will assist in conducting countrywide online training of NCC
cadets
 The Defence ministry - the next edition of Aero India - Bangalore, Karnataka -
February 3-5 next year
 Rs 2580 crores - Indian companies - to supply six Army regiments with
Pinaka missile
 Rs 90,048 crores - allocate for capital acquisition (modernisation) of the
armed forces under Defence Service Estimates in 2020-21
 The defence ministry - Rs 2,290 crore - the procurement of arms and military
equipment worth how much amount including around 72,000 Sig Sauer
assault rifles from the United States
 Ministry of Defence - Contract - Bharat Earth Movers Limited - for 1,512 Mine
Plough for Tank T-90 tanks. Cost of this project (Rs. 557 crore).

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 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh - Konkurs Missile Test Equipment and
Konkurs Launcher Test Equipment – BDL(Developed)

Home Affairs- Amit Shah

 Amit Shah - launch Vriksharopan Abhiyan in DELHI

 Amit Shah - ‘Tree Plantation Drive-2020’- by coal ministry
 'Lokmanya Tilak – Swaraj to Self-reliant India' Webinar - Inaugurated by Amit
Shah - organized by ICCR
 Amit Shah - development projects worth Rs 221 crore - Ahmedabad, Gujarat
 Home Ministry - inaugurate 'Destination North East-2020' to highlight the
Northeast region's various potentials - the theme is “The Emerging Delightful
Destinations"

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare,Rural Development and Panchayati Raj -

Narendra Singh Tomar
 Narendra Singh Tomar – Sahakar Mitra - paid internship to the Youth –
NCDC
 Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Shri Narendra Singh
Tomar = The Sahakar Cooptube NCDC Channel
 Narendra Singh Tomar - Krishi Megh (National Agricultural Research and
Education System -Cloud Infrastructure and Services) + KVC ALUNET
(Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Chhatr Alumni Network)
 Agriculture Minister - 22 bamboo clusters – 9 states
 Agriculture Minister - A logo for the National Bamboo Mission
 Shri Narendra Singh Tomar - an awareness campaign ‘Anna Devo
Bhava’ to mark International Food & Agri Week
 Shri Narendra Singh Tomar - ‘Ayushman Sahakar’ scheme to help
cooperatives contribute to creation of healthcare infrastructure in the
country

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 Women and Child Development and Textiles - Smriti Irani
 Union Minister Smriti Irani - ‘Empowering the Greater 50 %’ - Special
campaign - boost women entrepreneurs
 'My Handloom' – launched by Union Minister Smriti Irani - enable weavers as
well as other organizations to apply for various benefits under the various
handloom schemes
 WCD Ministry + AYUSH ministry = integration of AYUSH systems with
ongoing nutrition interventions
Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel - Dharmendra Pradhan
 Dharmendra Pradhan - India - maiden gas exchange.
 Dharmendra Pradhan - an aid package of Rs 22,267.66 crore to Odisha to
combat the Covid-19 pandemic
Road Transport and Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises - Nitin
Gadkari
 Rs.1lakh crore- to invest to ramp up coal production in next 3-4 years
 Credit guarantee scheme-worth Rs.20, 000crore – MSME
 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari - ₹8,250 crore – Chambal Expressway could be
a game changer for the poor and tribal living in far-flung areas of Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
 MSME Ministry -India best destination for foreign investment in MSMEs,
NBFCs
 MSME Minister - Khadi’s Gift Box of Silk Mask(launched) – KVIC(Develop)
 MSME Minister -'Khadi Agarbatti Aatmanirbhar Mission' - an employment
generation programme to make India self-reliant in agarbatti production.
 MSME Ministry - Technology Centre at Bhiwadi in Alwar District of Rajasthan
 Union minister Gadkari - 'Harit Path' - to monitor the plantation along the
national highways -The app has been developed by NHAI
 Indian Railway - User Depot Module to completely digitize its supply chain.

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  The South Eastern Railway - 'Operation My Saheli’ - to boost the security of
women passengers in trains during their entire journey
 CRIS – new Freight Business Development portal exclusively for freight
clients
 Piyush Goyal – the Phoolbagan Station of Kolkata’s East West Metro corridor
 The Railways Ministry - approve Alstom-built 12000 horse power (HP)
electric locomotives to run freight trains - 120 Kmph
 Nitin Gadkari - to lay foundation stone for country's first multi-modal logistic
park in Assam - Project amount - The Rs 693.97 crore
 MSME Ministry - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - strengthening
its single window system portal ‘Champions’ to assist the MSMEs in the
country
Chemicals and Fertilizers - D.V. Sadananda Gowda

 Swachhta Pakhwada - 1st - 15th September

 Shri. D.V. Sadananda Gowda - POS 3.1 software, SMS Gateway and Home
Delivery facility of Fertilizers (RBK)for farmers in Andhra Pradesh
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution - Ram Vilas Paswan(Late)

 Consumer affairs ministry - ‘BIS-Care' - ISI-marked and hallmarked products

and also lodge complaints.
 Consumer Affairs Department - partners - 2 startups – Seekify, Safejob -
power ‘Suraksha Store initiative’
 Consumer Affairs Ministry – digital solutions for registration and renewal
process for licenses for jewelers and for recognition and renewal of Assaying
and Hallmarking Centers

Law and Justice, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology -

Ravi Shankar Prasad

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 Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology + T-Hub + Digital India =
lead Digital India’s Scale Up program for hardware and IoT startups across
India
 Ravi Shankar Prasad - “Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge” - to realize
theambition of self-reliance and a momentous stride towards “Atmanirbhar
Bharat”
 Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad - Next Generation Startup Challenge Contest to
further boost startups and software products with special focus on Tier-II
towns of India.
 Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology + National Jal Jeevan
Mission = ICT Grand Challenge to develop a 'Smart Water Supply
Measurement and Monitoring System

Food Processing Industries - Harsimrat Kaur Badal

 Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Food Park in Mizoram.

Finance and Corporate Affairs - Nirmala Sitharaman

 Rs.1.63lakh crore - for agriculture, fisheries and allied activities.
 Rs.40, 000cr additional - for MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act).
 'Mudra Shishuloan'- for small businesses and cottage industries - Rs.
5000crore package was announced for the roadside hawkers.

 Finance Ministry - a doorstep banking services initiative by public sector

banks (PSBs) which will provide convenience to customers
 The Finance Ministry - extend the date of making payment without
additional amount under ‘Vivad se Viswas’ scheme by 3 months

Education - Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

 NBT’s Corona Studies series-7

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 HRD Ministry - ‘Drug Discovery Hackathon’ - develop anti- Covid drugs,
students, researchers can participate
 HRD Ministry - eight-step guideline for online education - PRAGYATA - Plan-
Review- Arrange- Guide- Yak (talk)- Assign- Track- Appreciate.
 Human Resources and Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank -
NISHTHA programme -1200 Key Resources Persons of Andhra Pradesh -
NISHTHA - National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic
Advancement at the elementary stage
 HRD ministry -the Manodarpan initiative -under AtmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
 D.P singh-head of--HRD Ministry sets up panel to form guidelines to
encourage local education
 Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ - ‘EnglishPro’ - English learning app -
developed by the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU),
Hyderabad
 Shri. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank' - Innovation & Incubation Center and Sports
Complex in the Permanent Campus of IIT Jodhpur
 Shri. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank' - Golden Jubilee Building at NIT Rourkela
 Shri. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank' - the DST-IIEST Solar PV Hub at IIEST,
Shibpur
 Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' - the 'KAPILA' - the 89th birth anniversary
of former President and Scientist Late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam - 'KAPILA - '
Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness campaign
Tribal Affairs - Arjun munda
 MoTA + Facebook – Webinar – GOAL (Going Online as Leaders) - for tribal
Youth.
 Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India + Art of Living
(Bangalore, Karnataka) – MOU - collaborate in programmes - promoting Tribal
Enterprises.
 Ministry of tribal affairs + Facebook - webinar for sensitization of MPs - Going
Online as Leaders Project.

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 Arjun Munda - an e-Symposium on Handicrafts- organized by IIM Shillong
 The Ministry of Tribal Affairs + PiramalSwasthya = 'Swasthya' = to provide
health information to tribal people
 Tribal Affairs Ministry – to launch ''medicine van'' - the Bihar flood victims
 Minister of Tribal Affairs – India’s largest handicraft and organic products
marketplace- Tribes India E-Marketplace
Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Information and Broadcasting -
Prakash Javadekar
 Environment and Information & Broadcasting Ministry - KURMA mobile
application - tool for tracking and reporting Indian turtles.
 The Minister for Environment and Forest Prakash Javadekar – SURAKHSYA -
Human Elephant Conflict

AYUSH –Shripad Yesso Naik

 AYUSH + Council of Scientific & Industrial research -working on to validate-4
AYUSH formulation:
1. Ashwagandha
2. Yashtimandhu
3. Guduchi Pippali
4. AYUSH 64(poly herbal formulation)
 Union Minister for AYUSH + Union Minister of State PMO - foundation of
Post-Harvest Management Centre for Medicinal Plants in Jammu & Kashmir
 Shripad Yesso Naik - the Regional Raw Drug Repository (RRDR) for Ayush
systems of medicine in Tamil Nadu
Railways and Commerce and Industry - Piyush Goyal
 Railways + Postal department - tie-up - door delivery - pick up of parcels - help
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 Indian Railways - “Shramik Special” trains - run trains - move migrant workers
– pilgrims – tourists -students - other persons stranded – 24 Coaches, 54
persons per coach.
 Northeast Frontier Railways - sets up Business Development Units - increase
freight transportation volume.
 The Indian Railways - the first “Kisan Rail” – from Devlali to Danapur
 Indian Railways – commit to integrate with the government e-marketplace
portal to move all its procurement to the platform.
 Indian Railways - To construct the world’s tallest pier bridge in Manipur
across Ijai river
 Chairman Railway Board – Release E-pass module of HRMS(Human
Resource Management System) – developed by Centre For Railway
Information Systems
 Commerce and Industry Ministry – the national GIS-enabled land bank
system
 South Central Railway - to operate first Cargo Express - transport goods from
Hyderabad, Delhi
 RPF, Visakhapatnam - ‘Meri Saheli’ initiative in order to provide proactive
security to women passengers
 Northern Railways - 'Bags on Wheels' initiative - ferry passenger luggage from
train coach to home, vice versa
 Indian Railways - “Meri Saheli” initiative - focused action on security of
women across all zones with an objective to provide safety and security to
lady passengers travelling by trains for their entire journey from starting
station to destination station
 South Western Railway - 'Integrity Pool' to deal with corruption
Ministry of Jal Shakthi - Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

 National Mission for Clean Ganga under Ministry of Jal Shakti + National
Institute of Urban Affairs – IDEAthon - “The future of River Management” -
explore how the COVID-19 crisis can shape River Management strategies for
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  Minister of state Jal Shakti - Mobile application for Geo tagging of the
components of projects under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
 Gajendra Singh Shekhawat – a 100-day campaign to ensure potable water
supply in all schools and anganwadi centers across the country.
Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology; and Earth Sciences - Dr Harsh
Vardhan
 Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare - Dr Harsh Vardhan - “COBAS
6800” - COVID- 19 testing machine to the nation – Test 1200 Samples.
 Dr Harsh Vardhan - the mobile application - ‘AYUSH Sanjivani’ App –
developed by – Ministry of Electronics and Information.
 Harsh Vardhan represents India-at WHO’s 73rd World Health Assembly.
 ‘Ask Ayushman’- chatbot on whatsapp.
 ‘Hospital Ranking Dashboard’- also launched.
 Rs.1cr- for treatment under – AB-PMJAY.
 Dr Harsh Vardhan - 'To Fight #COVID19 Pandemic' - Punjab National Bank’s -
CSR Campaign to fight COVID-19 Pandemic
 Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan - a mobile application - will
providecity-wise weather forecasts - named Mausam

Ministry of Health - 'Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan, 2020-21 - popularizing science
among school students of Class 6th to 11th
 Dr Harsh Vardhan - 'Corona Fighters' - interactive first-of-its-kind video game
to spread awareness
 Health Ministry - the ICMR's vaccine web portal and National Clinical Registry
for Covid-19
 Dr. Harsh Vardhan - a Scheme There are SERB – POWER Fellowship and
SERB – POWER Research Grants designed exclusively for women scientists -
POWER - Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research
 Dr Harsh Vardhan - inaugurate the Radio diagnosis Facilities at AIIMS
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 Health Ministry – the Ayush Standard Treatment Protocol based on Ayurveda
and Yoga for Management of COVID-19
 Health ministry – the “DBT-BIRAC Clean Tech Demo Park” - Barapullah drain
site, near Sundial Park, Sarai Kale Khan, New Delhi
Housing and Urban Affairs, Civil Aviation - Hardeep Singh Puri
 Ministry of Housing and Urban + SIDBI - PM Street Vendor’s AatmaNirbhar
Nidhi scheme
 Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri - 'Prerak Daaur Samman' - new category of
awards as part of 'Swachh Survekshan 2021'.
 AAI + BEL company - co-operation in Civil Aviation industry
 Durga Shanker Mishra - launched the PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi,
PM SVANidhi online dashboard
 Housing and Urban Affairs Minister - ‘CREDAI Awaas App’, NAREDCO’s online
portal ‘HousingforAll.com’
 Hardeep Singh - the Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework (CSCAF)
2.0 - to provide a clear roadmap for cities towards combating climate change
 Hardeep Singh - the Streets for People Challenge, which seeks to make cities
more pedestrian friendly.
 Hardeep Singh - India's first General Aviation Terminal - Delhi Airport
 Hardeep Singh - Project Management Information System (P-MIS) portal of
the NCRPB to monitor the progress of projects and administering loans
 Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry - the ‘e-Dharti Geo Portal’ - will integrate
legacy drawings such as maps and lease plans in the management
information system and make it geographic information system (GIS)-enabled

 MoHUA + Swiggy = street food vendors online under PM SVANIDHI scheme

 Durga Shanker Mishra - the Application Programming Interface, integration
between the PM SVANidhi Portal + the State Bank of India portal - ease
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 Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines - Pralhad Joshi
 The mines ministry - portal - “SATYABHAMA” - research and development -
mining and minerals sector. SATYABHAMA - Science and Technology
Yojana for Aatmanirbhar Bharat in Mining Advancement.
 The coal ministry - link the mining plan portal with PARIVESH website.
 Coal India company - special spot e-auction scheme for importers - boost
sales and reduce India's dependence on imports

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship - Mahendra nath pandey

 “Skill Build Reignite”-MSDE+IBM-free Digital learning platform for job

seekers.
 Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship – ASEEM portal (-
Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee-Employer Mapping) - to help skilled people
find sustainable livelihood opportunities
Social Justice and Empowerment - Thawar Chand Gehlot
 Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment - 'Nasha-Mukt Bharat' - in J&K to
curb the menace of Drug Addiction in the society.
 Social Justice and Empowerment Minister - the 24x7 Toll-Free Mental
Health Rehabilitation Helpline - "KIRAN” - 1800-500-0019
 Thaawarchand Gehlot – the Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation
Mission under Venture Capital Fund for SCs
Development of North Eastern Region - Jitender Singh
 Rs.190 crore- sanctioned-for augmentations of healthcare facilities in 8
northeastern states.
 Jitendra Singh - the Arun Jaitley Memorial Sports Complex - Hiranagar, near
Jammu
 Dr Jitendra Singh - the Logo and song for festival “Destination North East-
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 Thaawarchand Gehlot – the Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation
Mission under Venture Capital Fund for SCs
 Dr Jitendra Singh - the 317th Executive Council meeting of the Indian
Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) as its new Chairman

Youth Affairs and Sports - Kiren Rijiju

 Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju - Target Olympic Podium Scheme - for junior
athletes in the country.
 Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju + HRD Ministry = a webinar program named “Fit
Hai To Hit Hai India”
 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports + UNICEF - to strengthen resolve to
mobilize 1 crore youth volunteers to achieve goals of Atmanirbhar Bharat.
 Kiren Rijiju - foundation stones for various sports facilities - 12 crore rupees -
Leh, Ladakh
 Sports Ministry - upgrade eight Khelo India State Centres of Excellence
(KISCE) - cost of Rs. 95.19 crore
 Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports + United Nations Children Fund = YuWaah
– a multi-stakeholder platform to make young people career ready
 Kiren Rijiju - 200-km long 'Fit India Walkathon' being organised by border
guarding force ITBP in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer
Culture and Tourism.- Prahalad Singh Patel

 Ministry of Tourism - 13th webinar - titled – “Destination- Sariska Tiger

reserve (Rajasthan)” - "Dekho Apna Desh" series.
 Webinar-“Vedic Food and Spices of India”-under Dekho Apna Desh webinar
series.
 June 28-July 12 - to celebrate “Sankalp Parva”-Plant trees.
 Prahlad Singh Patel -webinar - “Cross Border Tourism” - by the Association of
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 Tourism Ministry + FLO + TAAI = to promote tourism as a sustainable
livelihood model for the economic empowerment of women
 Minster of Tourism and Culture Prahlad singh patel – 2021 - the year of
Dekho Apna Desh
 Tourism Ministry - world class Thenzawl Golf Resort project implemented in
Mizoram
 Pralhad Joshi - India aims to achieve 100 MT coal gasification target by 2030
 Ministry of Tourism - SAATHI App - for hospitality industry on World Tourism
Day
 Prahlad Singh Patel - Life in Miniature project – National Museum of New
Delhi + Google Arts and Culture

Power , New and Renewable Energy - Rajkumar singh

 Power , New and Renewable Energy - compaign #iCommit on the occasion of
Environment day
 USAID + Ministry of new and renewable energy = to expand clean energy
development in India
 RK Singh - India’s first public EV charging plaza –NEW DELHI
 Power minister - EESL's initiative -RAISE - “Retrofit of Air-conditioning to
improve Indoor Air Quality for Safety and Efficiency”
 The International Solar Alliance (ISA + the Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy (MNRE) + World Bank - to design a plan for implementing ‘One Solar
One World and One Grid’ (OSOWOG)
 Union Power Minister - foundation stone for construction of LILO of
Kishenganj-Darbhanga 400kV Transmission Line - Saharsa in Bihar
 Power Ministry - basic infrastructure projects of Rs 6.99 crore - Bhojpur
district of Bihar
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 Inaugurated-one of the India’s largest and first virtual Healthcare and Hygiene
EXPO 2020.
 Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya - 107Cr - augmentation of firefighting
facilities on five jetties - Haldia Dock Complex at Kolkata Port.
 Mansukh Mandaviya - SAROD-Ports = Society for Affordable Redressal of
Disputes – Ports - to facilitate affordable and timely resolution of disputes for
the maritime sector
 Shipping Ministry - the development of Indigenous Software solution for
Vessel traffic services (VTS) and Vessels Traffic Monitoring Systems (VTMS)
in New Delhi
 Shipping Ministry - ‘Direct Port Entry Facility’ at V.O. Chidambaranar port

STATES
Andhra Pradesh
 AP gov.+ SIDBI- Rs.1,110cr + Rs.200cr - ‘ReStart’ to revive MSME sector.
 AP (vishakapatinam) - gas leaked- Styrene gas - LG Polymers Plant.
 GMR Infrastructure Limited + Andhra Pradesh - Greenfield airport -
Bhogapuram, near the port city of Visakhapatnam
 Andhra Pradesh - Rs 6,885.60 crore- 'Rytu Bharosa-PM Kisan' scheme
 Rs 1,100 crore is allocated for 'YSR Interest-Free Crop Loans'
 Rs 2,000 crore is allocated for Natural Calamities Relief Fund
 Rs 29,159.97 crore has been allocated for agriculture and allied sectors
 Rs 500 crore for 'Dr YSR Free Crop Insurance Scheme'
 Rs 65 crore for YSR agriculture laboratories.
 Rs 100 crore for 'Rytu Bharosa Kendras' - (RBKs) (Farmer Support Centers)
 Andhra Pradesh - Renewable Energy Export Policy 2020.

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 Andhra Pradesh + AMUL - to provide fillip to the empowerment of women
self-help groups and by encouraging the milk cooperatives in government
sector
 Andhra Pradesh - e-Rakshabandhan - a month-long awareness programme on
the safety of women and children in cyberspace
 Andhra Pradesh + Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business = 'GoAP-ISB
Policy Lab' - to help achieve economic recovery and growth in the post-
COVID-19 period
 Andhra Pradesh + NPCI + Canara Bank = digital payment services through
UPI in village and ward secretariats
 Andhra Pradesh + Reliance + Allana group = empowering women
 Andhra Pradesh + CSIR-IICT = to establish Bulk Drug Pharma park
 NRCB Tiruchi + Andhra Pradesh = providing innovative technologies in
banana processing and value addition
 Andhra Pradesh – inaugurate the renovated Bapu Museum - Vijayawada
 Andhra Pradesh – 5 committee - to set up private universities
 Andhra Pradesh - SAADHANA - the mobile app to impart spoken English
training for Anganwaadi workers
 Andhra Pradesh - 'AP Police Seva' - to ensure safety of houses, alert about
accident-prone areas
 Andhra Pradesh - Rs 199.87 crore from the Centre to fight the COVID-19
pandemic
 Andhra Pradesh - Rs 6,790 cr for women through YSR Cheyutha scheme
 Andhra Pradesh - Rs 1,115 crore to 50 lakh farmers under YSR Rythu
Bharosa-PM Kisan scheme
 Andhra Pradesh - ban online gaming, betting, asks Centre to block access to
132 apps, websites
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 Patel Engineering - an order worth Rs 1,564.42 crore to build 2,000 MW
Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric project in Arunachal Pradesh
 Arunachal Pradesh + Siva Sai + 3F + Ruchi Soya = setting up oil extraction
factories and buy back oil palm fruits from farmers under the scheme
Assam
 MoEF & CC gave permission -Oil India Ltd-testing of hydrocarbons at 7
locations-at Dibru-Saikhowa National Park.
 Rs 1,407 crore- for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission.
 PepsiCo’s Foundation + Smile Foundation-“Give Meals Give Hope”- 2.5 lakhs
meal - global programme.
 Assam - Dehing Patkai elephant reserve - National Board for Wild Life permits
coal mining.
 Assam - to upgrade the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary into national park
 Assam - 346 cr-Flood Management Programme.
 Assam - drone andante depredation vehicle to guard forest areas
 Assam - to pay Rs 20,000 to students who secured 75 percent in class 10
examination
 Assam - foundation stone & inaugurates 329 schemes worth Rs 121 cr
 Assam -'Lohitanjali' - a week-long plasma donation drive in the state
 Assam - an agricultural income tax holiday for three years will be given for
Assam’s tea gardens.
 Assam - 'visitassam' - to ensure that proper social distancing is maintained
and passengers are not delayed as filling up necessary forms at the airports is
time consuming
 Assam - plantation drive under Carbon Neutrality Project
 Assam - mobile app Kisan Rath - promote buyer-seller network
Bihar
 India Post + Bihar - to supply- “Shahi Litchi” & “Zardalu Mango”- at doorstep
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 Bihar - PM - 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' - boost livelihood of workers
 Kailash Satyarthi's foundation - 'Mukti Caravan' - against child trafficking in
Bihar.
 Bihar – 30 different schemes of irrigation and flood protection worth Rs
1469.73 crore
 Bihar - Arwal district -police-first in country to set up voice recording system
to transcribe case diaries
 Kurkribigha , Bihar - pilot project first state in country for community
cultivation of bio fortified wheat
Chhattisgarh
 Campaign “Spandan”- to check mental stress and depression among their
personnel
 India’s First e-Lok Adalat – Chhattisgarh - the virtual hearings were conducted
through video conferencing.
 Chhattisgarh - 'Bultu Ke Bol' - for providing study materials to students in
remote areas who do not have access to internet facility.
 Chhattisgarh - CG-COP - to the public will have access to at least 14 types of
online services without visiting police stations
 Chhattisgarh – an Intensive Community Survey Campaign to control the
spread of Corona infection
 TRIFED + IIT Kanpur + Chhattisgarh MFP Federation = “Tech for Tribals”
Initiative in Chhattisgarh - Bridge the Gap between Tribal Entrepreneurs and
Urban Markets
Goa
 51st International Film Festival of India IFFI – Goa - November 20th to 28th
 Goa - an online channel Dishtavo’ - holistic teaching and virtual orientation
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 Goa - first 'Har Ghar Jal' State across the nation by providing tap water
connection to every rural household
 Goa + India Post - Get Farmers Enrolled In PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme
GUJARAT

 Gujarat - mandated - the digital payment - all home delivery services

 Gujarat – Yoga Week
Gujarat – 126 Cr - tourism and pilgrimage project.
 Anand,Gujarat - India’s first honey testing lab.
 Gujarat - new Industrial Policy 2020 Focusing on MSMEs
 Ahmedabad Railway Station, Gujarat - a Baggage Sanitization and Wrapping
machine to ensure safe travel amid the pandemic
 Gujarat - State’s first Heritage Tourism Policy
 Gujarat - a letter of intent (LOI) for the world's first Compressed Natural Gas
(CNG) terminal
 Gujarat + Denmark = water sector
 Gujarat - the first high court in the country to live-stream its court proceedings
on Youtube
 Gujarat - Digital Seva Setu Programme for the rural areas
 Hindustan Zinc Ltd + Gujarat - set up a greenfield zinc smelter in the state
Haryana

 Haryana Horticulture - 5-day Sub-Tropical Fruit Expo 2020 - Centre for Sub-
Tropical Fruit - Ladwa, Kurukshetra.
 Haryana - ‘Aapka Mitra’ - academic WhatsApp chatbot to facilitate the
admission process and provide information pertaining to universities, colleges
and students
 Haryana - an online platform for admission to undergraduate courses in
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 Haryana - Android application and web portal called 'Asha-Pay' - digital
payment and monitoring of the state's authorized social health workers
 Haryana – mobile water testing laboratory Van equipped with a multi-
parameter system
HIMACHAL PRADESH

 “Varishth Nagrik Suvidha Kendra”-for senior citizens

 Himachal Pradesh - has become the first state in the country in which every
household has an LPG gas connection
 Himachal Pradesh - Nutritional Immunity Boosting ‘Him Haldi Dudh’
 Himachal Pradesh - “Swachhata Cafe”, ‘Swachhata Park
 Mandi, Himachal Pradesh - top position among 30 districts of the country in
successful implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
JHARKHAND

 JHARKHAND - first state - migrant labourers - back home through the first
train run between Lingampally railway stations in Telangana to Hatia railway
station in Ranchi.
 “Tatpar” programme-Ranchi district admistration- for Transport Migrant
Workers.
 Jharkhand - immunization drive - kids of migrant workers
 Jharkhand - Rs 18,889 crore from coal mine by CIL in next 4 years.
Karnataka
 Centre of Excellence in cyber security -“H.A.C.K”- cyber security specific
program for start-ups.
 Flipkart + Karnataka- support this mango session.
 Karnataka – Bangalore - Pranavayu programme - create awareness - self
examine - respiratory health
 Portal Varunamitra - to leverage technology driven solutions to manage and
mitigate the Urban Floods
 Karnataka + Cloud physician - tele-ICU solution - deal with Covid-19

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 Karnataka – June 18 – Mask Day
 National Green Tribunal (NGT)-imposed Rs.10lakh penalty-over pollution in
Kithiganahalli Lake in Bengaluru
 NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel –Rs-5Lakh penalty-on
municipal council of Bommasandra
 Karnataka - The Central Bed Allotment system software to manage shortage
of hospital beds.
 Karnataka - Rs 5,000 - people who have recovered from the coronavirus
infection and are willing to donate plasma to help cure other COVID-19
patients.
 Karnataka- amended Industrial Disputes Act, Factories & Boilers Act and
Contract Labour Act
 Grasim Industries + Cleanmax Enviro Energy Solutions = Limited Liability
Partnership Agreement = establish and operate 32.4 megawatt wind power
plant in Karnataka
 Karnataka + Pennsylvania = Teachers, Police training
 Karnataka - To flag off The maiden 'Roll On Roll Off' train – from Bengaluru,
Karnataka to Solapur , Maharashtra
 'Pashu Sanjeevani' - Mysuru, Karnataka
 Karnataka - South's first fixed-wing air ambulance helmed by medical experts
 Karnataka - “Arthika Spandana” programme - disbursing loans to the tune of
₹ 39,300 crore through various cooperative institutions
 Mangalore, Karnataka - India's first Coast Guard academy
 The Karnataka Power Corporations Limited - set up 11.5 MW waste to energy
(WTE) plant - Rs 260 crore in Bidadi
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 CM Pinarayi Vijayan- Rs.1500 crore Kerala Fiber Optic Network project - by
the association of Bharat Electronics Limited+ RailTel Corporation + SRIT and
LS Cables to provide free internet access for the poor by December 2020
 Kerala - 'Dream Kerala Project' - to help expats who lost jobs due to
coronavirus.
 Kerala - India’s first International Women’s Trade Centre
 Kerala - State’s first marine ambulance – Pratheeksha, Prathyasa and
Karunya
 Kerala - ‘cOcOn 2020’ cybersecurity and hacking conference
 Kerala - the first phase of a model project - to improve and facilitate the
education of students belonging to SC & ST
 Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) + She Loves Tech = a virtual competition to
create a pan-India network for entrepreneurs, firms and investors to promote
technology for women and women in technology.
 Kerala - KSWIFT 2.0 - the new online version of the single-window clearance
system to encourage new entrepreneurs to set up businesses in the state -
KSWIFT - Kerala Single Window Interface for Fast and Transparent Clearance
system
 Kerala Startup Mission - Women Startup Summit 2020 aimed at encouraging
women professionals to open businesses
 Kerala - the first state in the country to have high-tech classrooms in all its
public schools
 Alappuzha, Kerala - Water taxi service
Madhya Pradesh
 “Charan Paduka”-for migrant labourers.
 “Didi Vehicle Service”- for safe delivery of rural women in Madhya Pradesh -
Jhabua district
 “Shram Siddhi Abhiyan”- to give work to every unskilled worker in rural areas.
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 Rs.2000 fine - for violating home quarantine.
 MP - bear - education expenses of children – from poor families - under the
Sambal scheme
 MP -policemen - honored - Karmaveer Medal - fighting against Corona
 MP - the 1st state in the country - provide - mid-day meal ration
 Country’s Top wheat producer
 Betul district police, Madhya Pradesh - Aas-Pas - helpline service to curb
incidents of suicides.
 Madhya Pradesh - ‘Mera Ghar Mera Vidyalaya’ - to facilitate students.
 Madhya Pradesh - top - Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atma Nirbhar Nidhi-
PM SwaNidhi scheme.
 Madhya Pradesh - ‘Ek Mask-Anek Zindagi’(one mask-many lives) - public
awareness campaign in Bhopal.
 Madhya Pradesh CM - Statue of Bharat Mata - Shourya Smarak of Bhopal -
37 feet
 Madhya Pradesh - first state in the country to offer government jobs on the
basis of marks obtained in the National Recruitment Agency (NRA) test
 National Fertilizers Limited – an Organic Waste Converter Plant – Vijaipur,
Madhya Pradesh
 Madhya Pradesh - campaign ‘Gandagi Bharat Chhodo’
 Madhya Pradesh - Gharib Kalyan Week - from 16th to 23rd September - mark
the Birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi - 4th day of Gharib Kalyan Week
is called ‘Vanadhikar Diwas'
 Madhya Pradesh - distributed a loan amount of Rs 200 crores to empower
Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in the state
 Madhya Pradesh - an interest-free loan amount of 10 thousand rupees each in
accounts of rural street vendors
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 “Mee Annapurna”-for farmers.
 MAHARASTRA - first state in country - provide free and cashless insurance
premium - people of the state
 Maharastra + Alumini Council – India’s first Covid-19 test bus.
 Maharastra - e-Sanjivani OPD - people during lockdown
 Maharashtra - panel - 6 members - Medigadda barrage project – (Maha – Tel
border).
 The Maharashtra + companies - Rs 16,000 crore - including two Chinese units
- under “Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0" initiative.
 Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd – to develop - 100MW Solar
project Tata Power Renewable Energy.
 Maharashtra - ‘I-FLOWS’ - flood warning system – Developed Meteorological
Department (IMD) + Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM).
 “Maha Parwana”-single window clearance system for project execution-for
project costing Rs.50crore and more.
 Maharashtra - the Maha Jobs Portal - to provide employment opportunities to
local residents - will get annual financial assistance of two thousand rupees
through Direct Benefit Transfer
 Google + Maharashtra = To introduce digital education tools in schools
across the state
 Maharashtra + SIDBI = develop MSME ecosystem
 Maharashtra - My Family-My Responsibility’ campaign to fight Covid-19
 Maharashtra - a new road accident insurance scheme - to provide timely
treatment to victims
 The Maharashtra government's Mahila Aarthik Vikas Mahamandal - an e-
business platform to help women farmers and members of self-help groups
get good prices for their agricultural produce.
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 Maharashtra + CII = launching e-ICU project to control Covid-19
 Maharashtra - the ayurvedic 'chemo recovery kits' containing Ayurvedic
formulation
 Sangli, Maharashtra - ‘No Mask, No Ride’ to contain the spread of
Coronavirus in the region
 Maharashtra - the first state in the country to cap the prices of masks
 Maharashtra Women & Child welfare dept - initiative named ‘TARANG
SUPOSHIT MAHARASHTRACHA’ - fulfill nutritional requirements of lactating
mothers & children
 Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) - a new bus
service Abhi to service airport and 5 major spots in city
 Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation + Google - mark Containment
Zones in the city on the Google Maps
 Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation - novel underground garbage bins in the
city - keep the surrounding clean
 The Indian Army + Maharashtra state police - a joint anti-terror exercise -
coordinate their drills and procedures to counter any terrorist attack

Manipur
 Plant Health Clinic- inaugurated.
 Manipur - three projects - State Public Health Engineering Department -
Sewage Treatment Plant Phase-I, Integrated Water Supply Project at Imphal
East, Integrated Water Supply Project at Imphal West
 Manipur - “manipurcovidstories.org” - to share Covid-19 related stories and
track volunteering activities in the State
 Manipur - Patriots' Day - August 13

Meghalaya
 Shillong, Meghalaya - 185th Death Anniversary - freedom fighter U Tirot Sing
Syiem - the first Khasi ruler to rebel against the British Empire.

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 Meghalaya -approved “Policy on Reservation of seats for Women in Village
Employment Councils (VECs)”
 Meghalaya - Piggery Mission - Rs 200 Crore
 Meghalaya - the ‘micro ATM’ service in rural areas of the state - promoted by
the Meghalaya State Rural Livelihood Society + the Meghalaya Rural Bank
(MRB) + NABARD
Mizoram
 Mizoram - ‘Industry’ status to ‘Sports’.
 Mizoram - full sponsorship to students who aspire to join civil and other
central services
Nagaland

 Nagaland - Yellow Chain - to promote local business and entrepreneurship in

the State
 Nagaland – livelihood generation scheme for returning migrant workers
Odisha
 Scheme to Solarise Konark sun temple & Konark town-at Odisha.
 Approve- a proposal to give state anthem status to “Bande Utkala Janani”
authored by Kantakabi Laxmikanta Mohapatra.
 Odisha - the 1st state in India - ISO certification - tribal hostels
 Odisha + Coursera - train 50,000 unemployed youths - COVID-19 crisis.
 Odisha - incentives for health workers deployed at Covid centers.
 Odisha - to pay pension to kind of Anganwadi - ASHA workers who succumb
to COVID-19.
 Odisha - the first state in India - use high resolution satellite imagery utilizing
space technology and artificial intelligence to monitor government lands
 Odisha - AMA SAHAR and SWACHHA SAHAR ODISHA app
 Odisha - an idea to hold "Radio Pathashala" to teach students of Class 1 to 8
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 Odisha - a slum upgradation programme to make the state slum-free in three
years
 Odisha – an electricity consumer service portal and its mobile app named
‘Mo Bidyut’ - to provide efficient, time-bound and transparent online service to
the people of the State
 Odisha + FICCI - national industry partner for the third edition of ‘Make in
Odisha’ conclave
 Odisha - Sumangal portal -would help inter-caste couples - hike in the
incentive from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh
 Odisha -www.scholarship.odisha.gov.in - to enable meritorious students to
apply and avail scholarships within a specified time frame
 Odisha – a picture postcard named “Jau Kandhei” on the theme of ‘Traditional
Toys of India’ On the occasion of World Postcard Day
Punjab

 Punjab - first convalescent plasma therapy - critically ill Covid-19 patients.

 Punjab - 'I Rakhwali' - to help netizens to become 'Greenery Saviours’.
 Punjab - the foundation stone of Punjab’s first dedicated sports university
and various other development projects in Patiala - Rs 500 crore
 Punjab - 100 per cent waiver on motor vehicle tax till December 31 for all
stage carriage, mini and school buses
 Punjab - 33% reservation for women in government jobs
Rajasthan
 CM launch- Raj Kaushal Portal as a bridge between industry and labourers
and Online Sharmik Employment Exchange.
 Rajasthan + SIDBI = to create newer avenues and growth opportunities for
MSME units in the State
 Rajasthan - three bills in the Assembly to negate the impact of the farm laws
enacted by the Centre
 Rajasthan – a month long mass awareness campaign on COVID 19
 Rajasthan - ''Mann Samvad'' - toll-free helpline for mental health services
 Rajasthan police -drive named 'AAWAJ' - women’s safety and security -
'AAWAJ' -- Action Against Women-related crime and Awareness for Justice
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 The unique Solar Fence Farmland Protection Programme.
 Rs 300 cr- special package to accelerate new job generation in villages.
 TN – increased - retirement age – State Government employees - 59 from 58
 Tamil Nadu - set up high-level committee - head – R.Rangarajan – advice -
medium-term policy response - wake serious economic and fiscal challenges -
covid-19 pandemic
 Tamil Nadu - monthly Rs 3,000 stipend - lawyers to overcome financial
difficulties
 Tamil Nadu - Rs. 10399 Cr- industrial groups to create 13,000 jobs across the
State in sectors.
 Tamilnadu - Web Portal - Unorganized Sector Workers
 Tamilnadu - Worth Rs 5,137 Cr - To Create Job Opportunities - 6,555 Peoples.
 Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami - New Industrial Projects - Rs 3,185
Crore.
 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami - Laid The Foundation
Stone For The Construction Work On 8 New Industrial Projects - Rs 2,368
Crore.
 Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu - the state's first Fully Digital Economy district
 Tamil Nadu - Electronics Hardware Manufacturing Policy 2020
 Tamil Nadu - to set up an integrated platform to redress public grievances
 Tamil Nadu - “Covid Suspects Wards” in all major hospitals of the state
 Tamil Nadu - the first state to come out with Tamil Nadu Safe and Ethical
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain and Cybersecurity policies in the country
 Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation + Coursera = train 50,000
unemployed youth amidst Covid-19
 Tamil Nadu CM - inaugurate a check dam worth ₹17.39 crore at
Kodimangalam
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 The Tiruchi Range Police - Project Shield - a unique initiative that will help
combat crimes against women and children.
 Tamil Nadu - implementing various supplementary nutrition programmes as
part of the National Nutrition Month
 Tamil Nadu - laid the foundation stone for 9 projects totalling an investment
of Rs 10,062 crore
 Tamil Nadu - new interactive portal http://tamilnadu.mygov.in for two-way
communication with public
 Tamil Nadu Forest Department - wildlife week celebrations through video
conference
 Tamil Nadu + World Economic Forum (WEF) = establish India’s first
advanced manufacturing hub (AMHUB) in the state
 Tamil Nadu - 14 MoUs - Rs 10,000 cr - create 7,000 new jobs
Telangana
 The KLIP (Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation) - Rs 3,500 crore. Storage capacity-
15TMC.
 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited - 270 MW - thermal power plant - Manuguru,
Telangana.
 Hyderabad City Security Council + Hyderabad City Police - ‘STREE’ for women
- STREE’ - “She Triumphs through Respect, Equality, and Empowerment
 Telangana + IIT Hyderabad - an app for monitoring the health of
asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in home isolation
 Telangana – launch GRID Policy for IT industry development
 Telangana – a three-member task force – to check the complaints of
exorbitant fee charged by private hospitals for treating COVID patients
 Telangana - the Dharani portal on Dussehra
 Telangana - revamped Dharani portal to end corruption during land
registration
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 Hyderabad Management Association - its industry readiness programme with
support from entrepreneurs and corporate houses
Tripura

 Tripura - agro entrepreneur facilitation desk - to boost economy

 Rs.5000 – 14,608 students in colleges or Universities as a grant for Smart
Phones
 Tripura – first ever inland shipping cargo from Bangladesh – The Daukandi
(Bangladesh) – Sonamura (Tripura)
 Sabroom, Tripura - the foundation stone for Tripuras first-ever Special
Economic Zone (SEZ)
Uttar Pradesh
 ‘UP Start-up Fund’-set by UP Information Technology and Start-up Policy
2017- managed by SIDBI-UP gov. gave Rs.15cr to SIDBI.
 ‘Swadeshi’ pitch- for industrial growth & creation of jobs for the teeming
migrants.
 UP - first state - provide facility of beds - ventilators - each district
 Uttar Pradesh - Flatted Factory Model
 Uttar Pradesh + THDC India - setting up - 600 mw solar power plant.
 To build 340-km Purvanchal Expressway-UP Gov raise loan from banks.

Amount Bank

Rs.1,000crore BOI

Rs.500crore Central Bank of India

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 The Indian Navy + the Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development
Authority = to set up a "centre of excellence" in the state's Defence corridor
 Uttar Pradesh - Set up industrial parks for micro, small and medium
enterprises in six of its most industrialized district
 Uttar Pradesh - a NRI unified portal to interconnect NRIs and their families
 Uttar Pradesh – to create Udyog Bandhu-like body for farmers
 Uttar Pradesh – to organize 5-day global virtual MSME exhibition in October
 Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh – to set up the country’s “biggest” film
city
 Uttar Pradesh – labreports.upcovid19tracks.in – help in better tracking of the
pandemic in the state
 Noida, Uttar Pradesh - The biggest hub in north India
 Uttar Pradesh - ‘U-Rise’ - a unified portal to guide students in learning, career
counselling, and getting employment in the state
 Uttar Pradesh - Rs 100 cr boost to 82.15 km Delhi-Meerut high-speed rail
corridor
 Uttar Pradesh - e-Gyan Ganga - a portal to help UP Board students during
pandemic
 Uttar Pradesh - Safe City Project, a women’s safety campaign, in Lucknow
 Uttar Pradesh - 100 ‘pink’ two-wheelers and 10 four-wheeler police vehicles
for ‘Pink Patrol’
 Uttar Pradesh - implement the Special Festival Advance and cash in lieu of
LTC Scheme on the line of the central government – Rs 1,960 crore
 Uttar Pradesh - a 6-month long women empowerment campaign ‘Mission
Shakti’ - raise awareness and tackle crime against women in the state
 Uttar Pradesh - state’s first data centre would be set up in Greater Noida with
an estimated investment of over Rs 600 crore
 Uttar Pradesh - setting up a ‘Data Analytical Centre’ - provide a safe city to
the women in the state
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 Uttar Pradesh - mission Mission Shakti - dedicate the upcoming Navratri
festival to women's safety, dignity and empowerment
 Uttar Pradesh - ‘hath dhona, roke corona’ campaign - the occasion of Global
Handwashing Day
Uttarakhand
 Uttarakhand - state’s biggest biodiversity park – Haldwani.
 Forest department-Country’s 1st Lichen Park in Kumaon’s Munsiyari.
 India's first conversation center for snow leopards - Uttarakashi, Uttarakhand.
 Uttarakhand - Herbal Museum
 ITBP + Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board = to promote adventure
sports activities at Tehri Lake
 Uttarakhand - development projects worth Rs 105 crore – 50 crore Hans Jal
Dhara Yojana + Rs 30 crore project for setting up Anganwadi centres + Rs 25
crore towards providing self-employment opportunities to migrants
 Uttarakhand - Rs 75 lakh allocation for martyrs fund to paid tribute to police
and paramilitary personnel martyred in the line of duty
 Uttarakhand – ‘HavePure Naturally Yours’ initiative - help women farmers by
taking their unique natural products to new markets
West Bengal
 West Bengal - 'Matir Smristi' – utilise 50,000-acre barren land in 6 districts -
income-generating activities like horticulture and pisciculture
 The West Bengal – Karmabhumi - a web portal - jobs in the state's IT
companies.
 West Bengal - ‘Self Scan’ - to scan documents developed by the state’s
information technology department.
 West Bengal - IRB Infrastructure has secured a Rs 2,193-crore highway project
 West Bengal + GoI = Rs 1,022-crore = to help power distribution company

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 BHEL – to commence civil works at 660-MW Sagardighi supercritical thermal
power project - West Bengal
 West Bengal - 'Police Diwas’ on September 1
 West Bengal - 3-tier scanner to monitor senior citizens during Covid-19
pandemic
 West Bengal - ₹1,000 – free housing for more than 8,000 poor Sanatan
Brahmin priests of the state
 Kolkata, West Bengal - A unique tram library
 West Bengal - a grant of Rs 50,000 to each Durga Puja committee in the state.
 West Bengal - a campaign in areas adjoining elephant habitats in the
northern parts of the state to prevent electrocution deaths of the pachyderms
 West Bengal - India's first 'Tyre Park'

UT
Chandigarh

 Chandigarh - 3 e-governance services by eliminating the need to visit

government offices - e-licensing, e-horticulture services and e- challan
encroachment
 Chandigarh - the Mobile Based Application for online monitoring of rescue
 Chandigarh – ‘Swachh Swaari’ – a drive under which special vehicles will
collect clothes, shoes, stationery and books from residents willing to donate
 Chandigarh - ‘Swachh Ward’- an inter-ward competition, in which major
indicators like waste segregation, citizen engagement, etc,

Delhi
 Delhi police + Indian Robotics Solution-“Thermal Corona Combat Headgear”
 Delhi - India’s first convalescent plasma bank - coronavirus disease patients
 Delhi - campaign named Paudhe lagao, Paryavaran Bachao

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 Delhi - e-portal named LEAD(Learning through E-Resources Made Accessible
for Delhi) - students.
 Delhi - 'COVID-19 War Room' - 24x7 monitor the city's fight against the novel
coronavirus
 Delhi - world’s ‘largest’ Covid care centre
 KVIC - first-of-its-kind footwear training center – Delhi - train the marginalized
community of leather artisans.
 Manish Sisodia - first electric vehicle charging station - Patparganj, Delhi.
 AIIMS New Delhi - e-ICU video-consultation programme - reduce COVID-19
mortality.
 New Delhi - a job portal and appealed to traders, industrialists and people
(jobs.delhi.gov.in - "Rozgar Bazar”).
 New Delhi - an awareness campaign on how to react during earthquakes.
 Delhi - Electric Vehicle Policy - to boost the economy, create jobs and reduce
pollution level
 Delhi airport - 'AIR Suvidha' - for home-bound international passengers.
 Delhi Metro - a new facility that will enable riders to get their smart cards
auto-topped up with money at AFC gates
 Delhi – campaign for registration of construction workers - Rs 5,000
 Delhi – 10 Hafte 10 Baje 10 Minute, Har Ravivar, Dengue Par Vaar” initiative to
arrest the surge of dengue cases
 Delhi – online system for filing complaints in consumer courts
 Delhi Metro – indigenous signaling technology under ‘Make in India’
 Delhi Metro - special drive to ensure adherence to pollution norms at
construction sites
 Delhi - web portal ev.delhi.gov.in to help people avail of subsidies on the
purchase of electric vehicles (EV)
 Delhi - inaugurate 15 TPD waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur poultry market
 Delhi - 'Green Delhi' using which citizens can bring pollution-causing activities
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 Delhi - anti-firecracker campaign as not to burn crackers at all considering
the seriousness of the situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic
 Delhi - approve Rs 40 crore to provide medical insurance of Rs 5 lakh and
term insurance of Rs 10 lakh to lawyers
 Delhi - an anti-pollution campaign ‘Yudh Pradhushan Ke Viruddh’ - polluted
air can be life threatening in view of the COVID-19 pandemic
 Delhi – a ‘green war room’ - monitor steps being taken to bring down
pollution levels in the city this winter
 Delhi - approve a tree transplantation policy - prevent felling of trees due to
development works
 Delhi approve - a proposal to install a 'smog tower' in Delhi's Connaught
Place
 Delhi Pollution Control Committee - directions banning the use of diesel
generators in the State/UT
 Delhi - 'Red light On, Gaadi off' campaign against pollution
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu - E-Gyan Mitra mobile app –
online education

Ladakh
 Corona Virus free region.
 1st Solar Lift Irrigation Plant of Kargil- with KW solar Plant- director of animal,
sheep, husbandry & fisheries, Dr. Mohammad Raza inaugurated,
 Ladakh - first “Martyrs Day” - August 27
 Ladakh - 100 day campaign to provide potable water supply in schools,
anganwadi centres
 National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) + Ladakh - promote dairying and
rural livelihoods in the Union Territory
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 Tops in PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in covid 19 pandemic situation in April,
may, June

Jammu and Kashmir

 Samagra Shiksha Programme-e-Learning.
 Jammu and Kashmir - a salary tracker mobile app MeraVetan (Version-1) for
government employees- developed by NIC (National Informatics Centre).
 Jammu and Kashmir - Tops in PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in covid 19
pandemic situation in June.
 Jammu and Kashmir - Rs25 lakh life insurance cover - elected members of
Municipal Bodies in case of terror related death.
 Jammu & Kashmir - an e-auction portal to promote trading of GI-tagged
‘Kashmir Saffron’ - www.saffroneauctionindia.com
 Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha - SPARROW system – Jammu and Kashmir
Administrative Service officer – SPARROW – Smart Performance Appraisal
Report Recording Online Window
 Jammu & Kashmir – The first ever cannabis medicine project will be set up
with the collaboration of Canada
 Jammu & Kashmir - awareness cum sensitization programme for newly
proposed FPO – Organized by NABARD
 Jammu & Kashmir - the Flagship programme “Backyard Horticulture” under
CAPEX scheme
 Jammu and Kashmir – Online Process-Based Standardized & Scalable Career
Education platform for students
 Jammu & Kashmir – ‘Jan Abhiyan’ programme – to ensure prompt & hassle
free public service delivery
 Manoj Sinha – Rs, 1,350-cr – to boost tourism, other sectors in J&K

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 Jammu & Kashmir + Indian Army = development and operationalization
Kishtwar airstrip
 Jammu & Kashmir - two day folk and light music concert ‘JASHN-e-HARUD’

 Jammu & Kashmir - an Urban Connect programme named MY TOWN, MY

PRIDE –deliver services at doorsteps to the urban population

 Jammu & Kashmir - first union territory in the country to operationalise public
financial management system (PFMS) at the district level

 Jammu & Kashmir - Market Intervention Scheme to facilitate the

stakeholders by providing valuable marketing platform and ensuring optimum
prices to the apple growers
 KVIC – multiple employment generation activities Jammu and Kashmir
 Manoj Sinha - inaugurate Bawa Jitto Kisan Kendra and Agriculture Mall -
Talab Tillo , Jammu
 Jammu & Kashmir - a “SAKHI” One-Stop Service Centre for women in the
state
Puducherry
 Puducherry - 59th anniversary of the “De-Jure”day - August 16
 Puducherry – bicycle sharing stations at 41 vantage locations across the
capital
DEFENCE

 Cochin shipyard Limited - contracts for construction and supply of two

autonomous electric ferries to Norway-based ASKO Maritime.
 DRDO - P7 - Heavy Drop System - para dropping military stores up to 7-ton
weight class from IL 76 aircraft (L & T made).
 Defence Acquisition Council - Rs 38,900 cr - capital acquisition of equipment
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 "Indian Air Force - the Next Decade"-3-day long Air Force Commanders’
Conference - in New Delhi.
 DRDO – ‘Bharat' -drones for accurate surveillance along China border.
 L&T Defence arm - government contract for supply of Pinaka of Weapon
Systems
 DRDO - successfully tested the indigenously developed Hypersonic
Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV)
 DRDO - a contest to promote innovators of Defence and emerging
technologies in India - to mark the fifth death anniversary of former President
A P J Abdul Kalam
 DRDO - Develop An anti-drone system
 Economic Explosives Ltd + DRDO = to create the Pinaka rockets.
 The Indian Army - organize a Shikara race - Dal Lake

 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd - produce 73 Advanced Light Helicopters for

armed forces
 Cochin Shipyard Limited - deliver two Roll on Roll Off (RO-RO) vessels to IWAI
which is a part of the order for a series of 10 vessels
 DRDO – eight advanced technology centres to carry out research on futuristic
military applications

GOI
 NMIS (National Migrant Information System)-online dashboard-to monitor
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 Rs.20, 050cr-for Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana-Boosting fisheries
sector.

Rs.9407cr Central Share

Rs.4880cr State Share

Rs.5763cr Beneficiaries

 Rs.3lakhCrore- funding for MSMEs-for 4yrs.

 Extended-Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana- for 3yrs till March 2023.
 The Central Government - Sets up - New Body - Promote Rice Exports - Rice
Export Promotion Forum - REPF
 The Government of India – Vandhe Bharat Mission - biggest-ever evacuation
exercise - bring Indians from abroad
 Govt announces - collateral free loan - 3 lakh crore rupees - benefiting 45
lakhs MSMEs – tenure 4 years.

 GoI – SWADES (Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support)

scheme for skill mapping of overseas citizens.
 India - 15 million dollars to Gavi, the international vaccine alliance.
 The “Nagar Van” (Urban Forests) programme - to develop 200 Urban Forests
across India in next five years
 Cabinet - Cow-Slaughter Prevention (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 - to
protect the cow, prevent crimes related to cows laughter.
 PM Svanidhi (Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbharNidhi) scheme- a
special micro-credit facility plan- loan ₹10,000 –for more than 50 lakh street
vendors.
 PM Cares Fund-Rs.2000crore-for 50,000 Made-in-India ventilators.

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 Rs.15,000 crore-Animal husbandry-infra fund to generate employment.
 2% interest subvention- to Shishu Loan account under PMMY(Pradhan Mantri
Mudra Yojana).
 Rs.4,125 crore-to rejuvenate Small, Medium & Tiny Industries sector in Tamil
Nadu.
 IN-SPACe (The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre)-to
promote the participation of private industries in space activity.
 Auto-debit of Atal Pension Yojana-restart from july 1-age limit to invest-[18-
40].

Rs.1,351.10 crore for J&k highway works

Rs.340 crore Uttarakhand National Highways
Rs.71crore J&k,Ladakh,Sikkim&TN -Highways
Rs.1,955crore Nagaland Highways under Tribal Sub-Plan

 PM-FME (Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Enterprises) - for food

processing enterprises - Rs.10, 000crore scheme - 50% subsidy for storage
and transportation.
 Centre - Rs 909.85 crore - permanent NIT campus – Uttarakhand
 Govt - Rs 4,000 cr - Atma nirbhar programme to improve infrastructure for
Food Parks in Karnataka
 The central government - Rs 574.16 crore - national highwayworks in Jammu
and Kashmir
 The Union Government - 30 thousand crore rupees - to improve the liquidity
position for NBFCs and HFCs
 Government of India - Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund –
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 Government of India - Zonal Master Plan - Bhagirathi eco sensitive zone in
Uttarkhand.
 The central government - ₹12,450 crore - capital infusion in three
 state-owned general insurance companies (The National Insurance Company,
Oriental Insurance Company United Insurance Company) - to strengthen their
capital base and make them more stable
 Cabinet - Central Sector Scheme- Agriculture Infrastructure Fund - Loans will
be disbursed in four years starting with sanction of 10 thousand crore rupees
in the current year and 30 thousand crore rupees each crore in next three
financial years.
 The Centre - Rs 1,500 crore - Haryana to expand its crop diversification
scheme and rejuvenate ponds in the state - Rs 500 crore- in recognition of the
Manohar Lal Khattar-led government's bid for water conservation through
'Mera Pani Meri Virasat' scheme - Rs 1,000 crore - rejuvenation of ponds and
treating water
 The Central Government - 8767cr-for 81 projects- 60 thousands homes
across India.
 Centre - additional Rs.40000cr under MHNREGA of Co-vid pandemic.
 Central Government - extended deadline for mandatory hallmarking of gold
jewelry four months till June 1, 2021
 Centre - 10,000 cr - booster for ramping up domestic production of raw
materials for producing drugs
 The Cabinet - approved changing the name of the HRD Ministry to Education
Ministry
 The Centre – the Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-Atal New India Challenges
programme to support MSMEs and start-ups
 The government - extend the enforcement of compulsory certification by BIS
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 The Government – the 112 Emergency Response Support System for a single
number based assistance in emergencies to women in distress
 The government - extend implementation date for track and trace for drugs -
April 1, 2021
 The Centre - India's first RRTS train - 180 kmph
 The Centre - Rs. 197 crores have been approved in State government's rural
tap water scheme.
 The Centre - Rs 553 crore - To states under a scheme to promote
mechanization in the agriculture sector
 Government - Focused Product Investment Scheme - funding in manmade
fiber segment.
 The government - a website for entities involved in R&D in the coal sector-
developed by Central Mine Planning and Design Institute
 The Government - tax-exempt LTC cash voucher scheme - boost consumer
spending till March 31, 2021
 The government - a one-time Rs 10,000 interest-free festival advance to all
its officers and employees
 Union Cabinet - the STARS project under the New Education Policy to support
states in strengthening the school education system - World Bank-supported
cost 500 million US dollar.
 Union Cabinet - special package worth Rs. 520 crore - J&K, Ladakh under
DAY-NRLM
 The Union Cabinet - adaptation of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj
Act 1989
 The government - give Rs 3,737 crore bonus to 30.67 lakh central
government employees
 Centre - interest waiver scheme for loans up to Rs. 2 Crore
 The cabinet committee on economic affairs - Rs 10,211-crore project to
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 NITI Aayog
 NITI Aayog + International Transport Forum- “Decarbonizing Transport in
India” project.
 NITI Aayog + Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) + Centre for social
and behavioural change (CSBC) + Ashoka University + Ministry of Health
+Ministry women and children development -“Navigating the New Normal”- a
behaviour change campaign
 Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog + Freshworks = to provide robust
support to innovators and entrepreneurs in India
 Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog + ScooNews = to share and spread
inspiring stories of grassroots
 The Niti Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) + ISRO + four ministries =
will focus on challenges in 15 sectors through the programme
 NITI Agyog + Embassy of the Netherlands - a Statement of Intent to support
the decarbonisation and energy transition agenda for accommodating cleaner
and more energy
 Niti Aayog + NASSCOM = launched an artificial intelligence-based module for
school students
 NITI Aayog + Amazon Web Services = Frontier Technologies Cloud
Innovation Center in India
 NITI AAYOG + Ministry of Power + Rockefeller Foundation + Smart Power
India = the ‘Electricity Access in India and Benchmarking Distribution
Utilities’ report
 NITI Aayog + QCI = 'National Program and Project Management Policy
Framework' for infrastructure sector
 Niti Aayog - a draft model Act and rules for states on conclusive land titling
 NITI Aayog + the New and Renewable Energy Ministry + Invest India = global
symposium virtually 'India PV EDGE 2020'
 AIM, NITI Aayog + CGI India - promote Innovation across schools

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 AIRPORTS
 Mumbai International Airport + Airports Council International (ACI) - keep
the passengers updated on the latest health and safety procedures followed
at various aerodromes
 Bangalore International Airport - the first metro airport in India to record
growth in freight in September 2020, compared to the same period last year
 Hyderabad International Airport - end-to-end paperless E- boarding facility for
international flights
 The Airports Authority of India - hand over The Mangaluru airport to the
Adani group on lease for a period of 50 years
 The Airports Authority of India - hand over Lucknow airport to the Adani
group on lease for a period of 50 years
 Puducherry airport - the Airports Authority of India's (AAI) first entirely solar-
powered airport in the country
 Indira Gandhi International Airport - world’s first virtual reality dome
 Bangalore International Airport + Xovis = the tech-enabled Queue
Management System.
 Mumbai International Airport - QR code-enabled contactless check-in
mechanism for the passengers
 Indira Gandhi International Airport – Delhi - India's first Coronavirus airport
testing facility
 Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - theAirport Health Accreditation (AHA) by
ACI

Others
 Carbon Brief-Environmental website-India’s CO2 emission falls for 1st time in
last 4 decades-by 30metric tonnes(1.4%).
 India Post-Special Postal Cover-to Migrant Workers.
 Indian Railways operationalized – 1st electric locomotive- WAG12 NUMBER
60027.
 Coir Geo Textiles-used for rural road construction-under 3rd phase of Pradhan
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 The Indian Association Uganda & Indain Military Advisory and Training Team
for Uganda Peoples Defence Forces- military war game centre- at centre
“INDIA”.
 Missile park “Agneeprastha”- INS Kalinga & 2 MegaWatt(MW) -solar
photovoltaic plant.
 India - sends - INS Kesari - Medical Assistance Teams, essential medicines,
food items - Maldives, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoros and Seychelles
 200 new mandis - e-NAM platform - 7 States.
 Andhra Pradesh (11 mandis),
 Gujarat (25 mandis),
 Odisha (16 mandis),
 Rajasthan (94 mandis),
 Tamil Nadu (27 mandis),
 Uttar Pradesh (25 mandis)
 Karnataka (02 mandis).
 Under S. K. Malhotra Chairmanship Registration Committee – recommends -
banning use of TB drug on crops.
 RESTART (Rebooting the Economy through Science, Technology and
Research Translations) - digital Conference - on the national Technology day.
 India Post + ICMR - delivery - COVID-19 testing kits - 200 labs in country
 “The Saras Collection” - Government e-Marketplace portal - the products of
the SHG sellers can be listed in 5 product categories – Handicrafts –
Handloom -Office accessories - Grocery and pantry - Personal care and
hygiene
 National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi - virtual program - “NGMA KE
SANGRAH SE“ – dedicated - Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore
 CSIR - Compendium of Indian Technologies - tackle COVID 19 pandemic - The
technologies - categorized - 3T’s – Tracking Testing Treating.

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 According to the Centre - Monitoring Indian Economy - India’s unemployment
rate - soars – 27.11 %
 Cooperative banks - come under - SARFAESI (Securitisation and
Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest)
Act, 2002

 FICCI FLO + Women on Wings - Collaborate for sustainable livelihoods and

economic empowerment of women in rural areas.
 Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs – programme “Turant
Customs”.
 Recykal + United Nations Development Programme + Hindustan Coca-Cola
Beverages Pvt Ltd -for plastic waste management Project-“Prithvi”.
 The Indian Air Force - an ARPIT (Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated
Transportation).
 Punjabi song ‘Dard Da Dariya’ - dedicated to migrant workers -Lyricist:
Satnam Singh Manak - Music director: Daljit Singh
 NHAI - first - construction sector to go fully digital.
 Arogya Path - healthcare supply chain - real-time availability of critical
supplies
 FebriEye - Central Railway - Body Screening - Mumbai's CSMT, LTT Stations.
 KVIC - unique project - Neera and Palm jaggery - huge potential to create
employment.
 CBIC - e-Office - automate internal file handling.
 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) -“Mission Zero”- rapid action
plan to combat covid-19.
 REUTERS - India Plans incentives to double auto exports in next 5 years.
 IOC + Beximco LPG = set up a terminal to import LPG in Bangladesh
 Bridge To India's India Renewable Energy CEO survey - India is expected to
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 NHAI - ‘search-cum-selection’ committee to generate investment in sector -
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu(convenor)
 India’s tiger census - Guinness World Record - largest camera-trap wildlife
survey in 2018.
 Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory - Post Covid Coach to fight Covid 19.
 The Confederation of Indian Industry - a virtual Tea Conclave - 1st September
to 30th November. Tagline - Chai Piyo Swasth Raho.
 NTPC Ltd + NIIF company - explore business opportunities in areas -
renewable energy, power distribution among other areas of mutual interest in
India.
 ATL App Development Module - NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission -
module for school children.
 BP - $70 million - the Green Growth Equity Fund promoted by National
Investment and Infrastructure Fund and the UK government
 Bombay Flying Club - the first DGCA-approved drone training school of India
 NTPC - 1,600 MW Lara super thermal power station - has been fully operation
in Chhattisgarh
 The G20 Digital Minister's meeting - THEME-"Realizing Opportunities of the
21st Century for All".
 Indian Navy - commissioned a three megawatt solar power plant - Indian
Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala.
 India - handed over 10 broad-gauge diesel locomotives railway infrastructure
to Bangladesh.
 IOC - gets funding support from USTDA for its green tech endeavor - USD
507,690 - amount
 IOC - Rs 17,825 crore - Gujarat refinery expansion, petrochemical project
 Union Minister of State for Communication Sanjay Dhotre - Bharat Air Fibre
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 National Institute of Disaster Management + with India Meteorological
Department – Webinar series on “Hydro-Meteorological Hazards Risk
Reduction”
 SAI + CISCE + CBSE = Khelo India Mobile App online training program -
principals, PE Teachers
 “Awaz-e-Rajouri" – launched by Deputy Commissioner of Rajouri - to help
the citizens register their grievances online and also track the status of their
complaints
 CAIT - a campaign 'China Quit India’ to boycott Chinese goods
 The Defence Acquisition Council - Rs 8,722.38 crore - procurement proposals
including 106 Basic Trainer Aircraft for IAF
 The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited - develop two Light Combat Helicopters
for operations at Leh to support IAF
 Atal Innovation Mission , NITI Aayog + Dell technologies = Student
Entrepreneurship Programme 2.0
 ITBP - a 'fit India freedom run' at all its border posts
 NTPC - an infrastructure at Rihand project in Uttar Pradesh to transport fly
ash in bulk to cement plants at a cheaper cost
 World Solar Technology Summit - September 8 - Hosted by Indian Solar
Alliance
 Mumbai Division Central Railway - procured two Ninja UAVs for better
security and surveillance in Railway areas
 IAF - “MY IAF” - to provide career-related information to aspirants.
 NHAI - a portal to track the performance of its developers and consultants
 NTPC + Greenko = to offer Round the Clock renewable energy
 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana - complete 6 years.
 Confederation of Indian Industry - a new forum on artificial intelligence -
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 CISF - The Pensioners Corner -its pensioners.
 BHEL - new vertical 'Make in India (MII) Business Development Group' as part
of efforts to focus on Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiatives
 Akshay Kumar - mobile action game same as PUBG - 'FAU:G'
 Lufthansa Cargo's - new Boeing 777 - 'Namaste India’
 3rd Rashtriya Poshan Maah - September 2020
 CSC + Whatsapp = WhatsApp chatbot - for people - to access its digital
literacy services and resources
 Justice Bhushan Gavai - 'edaakhil.nic.in' - a portal for e-filing of consumer
disputes
 25th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala - 12-19 February 2021
 INS Viraat - arrive at Alang in Gujarat for dismantling
 NDMC - a property tax amnesty scheme - to provide reliefto the residents of
unauthorised regularised colonies
 Kineco Limited, Goa - India’s first commercial Sonar Dome for Indian Navy
 Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana -“Saubhagya” - completed three
years
 BIAL + Virgin = to conduct a feasibility study for a proposed Hyperloop
corridor from the city's Kempegowda International Airport
 NABARD - embarking on a Sanitation Literacy to promote literacy on 'WASH'
in 2,000 villages across the country covering one lakh rural population
 Department of Justice - Shramdan drive in New Delhi to commemorate the
Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
 The National Dairy Development Board - Pashu Mitra - a call centre for dairy
farmers to address their queries on animal health, nutrition and productivity.
 Indian Railways' Chittaranjan Locomotive Works - Tejas Express locos for
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 Puducherry airport - the Airports Authority of India's (AAI) first entirely solar-
powered airport in the country
 The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) - Pashu Mitra - dairy farmers
to address their queries on animal health, nutrition and productivity
 The National Mission for Clean Ganga + the Wildlife Institute of India + the
Forest Department = a campaign My Ganga My Dolphin - the occasion of
Ganga River Dolphin Day
 Indira Gandhi International Airport - world’s first virtual reality dome
 The Union Cabinet - approve Bengaluru suburban rail project - cost of Rs
18,600 crore - 148-km length
 World Bank - support enterprises in Uttar Pradesh under 'One District, One
Product' scheme
 IISER, Kolkata - an incubation centre to promote entrepreneurship and start-
up culture among youngsters in the East and Northeastern regions of the
country
 EPFO - a WhatsApp helpline service for speedy redressal of grievances of its
subscribes
 Tata Power -a Letter of Award (LOA) from the Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam
Limited (GUVNL) - develop a 100-MW solar project in Dholera Solar Park of
Gujarat.
 Kolkata Port Trust - new logo to be unveiled at 150-year old celebrations.
 Jindal Steel and Power - first Indian firm to develop rails for high-speed
corridors
 Khadi and Village Industries Commission - India's first-ever Khadi fabric
footwear
 January of 2021 - The third phase of the National Supercomputing Mission
(NSM)
 Department of posts - a commemorative postage stamp on 75th anniversary
of the United Nations
 Lieutenant Shivangi + Lieutenant Divya Sharma + Lieutenant Shubhangi
Swaroop = Indian Navy operationalises first batch of 3 women pilots on
Dornier Aircraft at Kochi

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 SIDBI's 'Standup Mitra' portal - record over 96,000 loan sanctions
 India Post + USA Postal Service - Electronic Exchange of Customs Data
related to postal shipments exchanged between the two countries
 NTPC + Japan Bank - Rs 3,500 crore loan for Flue Gas Desulphurisation
(FGD) and renewable energy projects
M. Venkaiah Naidu -virtual festival of ‘Parampara Series 2020-National
Festival of Music and Dance’ - organized by Natya Tarangini in partnership
with the United Nations
 the Indian Sugar Mills’ Association - a portal meetha.org that will be a source
for right information and knowledge to be shared with consumers about
sugar.
 Indian Army - messaging application ‘Secure Application for Internet’ similar
to WhatsApp which will be used by the security forces to communicate
securely
 KVIC - Limited Edition of two-layered "Happy Diwali" printed face masks made
of Pure Muslin fabric
 Kolkata International Film Festival - reschedule to January 2021
 National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) - organising three-day 'Ganga
Utsav 2020' on virtual platforms from November 2.
 The Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP) + PragatiE - organise a virtual
version of Delhi Book Fair 2020
 BSI - a mobile app for exotic plants at the Indian Botanic Garden near Kolkata,
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