• On June 5, 2020, the Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar launched the “Nagar Van” scheme. The scheme was launched to mark the Environment Day. • The programme has been launched with 200 corporations and cities across India. • The “Nagar…
• This year USA was supposed to hold the G7 Summit in late June but the Summit has been postponed to late September. • US President Donald Trump has suggested expansion of the Group of Seven(G7), saying G7 is a…
• Indian Government has rescued thousands of Indian citizens stranded abroad during the global pandemic. Till now more than 57000 people have already returned to the country under Vande Bharat Mission. • On Wednesday, government has launched a new initiative…
• The World Economic Forum (WEF) will adopt a new twin-summit format for its next annual Davos meeting in January 2021, by bringing together leaders from across the globe for in-person as well as virtual dialogues with a theme of…
• The Union Cabinet has given its approval to rename Kolkata Port as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port. About: • The Kolkata Port is the first Major Port as well as the only riverine port of the country. • It came…
• Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, DPIIT has recently revised the public procurement order to encourage Make in India initiative with an aim to enhance income and employment generation in the country. About: • Minister of State…
• George Floyd’s death has sparked violent protests in the US bringing focus on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Crucial highlights about the incident: • George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, died in Minneapolis recently while he was…
• An international team of researchers has confirmed the existence of Proxima b, an Earth-like planet that’s orbiting the closest star to our Solar System, Proxima Centauri which is only 4.2 light-years from the Sun. About: • They found that…
• Amid Covid-19 pandemic China has formally approved a plan to impose national security laws on Hong Kong. • China says the laws are intended to target “splittist, subversion of state power, terrorism or interference by foreign countries or outside…
• Hindi-Chini Bhai-Bhai — the famous slogan which was the tagline of India’s diplomacy with China in the mid-1950s now seems to be a distant dream as the two Asian powerhouses are entangled in a serious border dispute along Eastern…
• Our saviour is weakening day by day. Imagine what would happen if meteors and solar particles which are wandering in the cosmos falls on you while you are walking in your garden feeling fresh air and glorifying the nature.…
• With the number of COVID-19 patients rising in India, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. will conduct ‘FAITH’ trials to test combined efficacy of two antiviral drugs — Favipiravir and Umifenovir — as potential COVID-19 treatment strategy. About: • The two antiviral…
