• The Concession Agreement for the 600 MegaWatt Kholongchhu (Joint Venture) Hydroelectric Project between Bhutan government and Kholongchhu Hydro Energy Limited was signed. About: • The 600 MW run-of-the-river project is located on the lower course of the Kholongchhu River…
• Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister inaugurated Indian Oil’s state-of-the-art Technology Development and Deployment Centre as its second Research and Development Campus at Faridabad. About: • The new centre, with an investment of Rs. 2282 crore, covers an area…
• GNS Science, a New Zealand research institute, has published two new maps covering Zealandia’s tectonic profile and shape. About: • Zealandia is an almost entirely submerged mass of continental crust located in the southern Pacific Ocean that subsided after…
• Vice President Venkaiah Naidu paid tributes to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao on his birth anniversary (June 28, 2020). About: • Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (1921 –2004) was a politician who served as the 9th Prime Minister of…
• A World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) committee of experts said two new world records for the longest reported distance and the longest reported duration for a single lightning flash were set in Brazil and Argentina. About: • A single Lightning…
• The International Day of the Tropics 2020 is being celebrated on June 29. About: • The inaugural State of the Tropics Report was launched on 29 June 2014, as the culmination of a collaboration between twelve leading tropical research…
• The global terror financing watchdog FATF on Wednesday decided to keep Pakistan in the “Grey List” as it has failed to check flow of money to terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) . • The…
• The Myanmar government shut down mobile data in several townships across Rakhine state and neighboring Chin state on June 21 last year. • The internet shutdown in Myanmar’s conflict-ridden northwest, described by rights groups as the world’s longest, entered…
• International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2020 is being observed on 26 June under the theme “Better Knowledge for Better Care”. UNODC World Drug Report 2020 was also released on the occasion. About: • By resolution 42/112…
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved setting up of Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) worth Rs. 15000 crore. About: • AHIDF would facilitate much needed incentivisation of investments in establishment of infrastructure for dairy and meat…
• The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers have exchanged strong protests over the recent Himalayan clashes which led to the death of 20 Indian troops. • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised that the sacrifice of Indian soldiers will not…
• Minister of MSME launched the Credit Guarantee Scheme for Sub-ordinate Debt (CGSSD) which is also called “Distressed Assets Fund–Sub-ordinate Debt for MSMEs”. Key highlights of the scheme are: • The guarantee cover worth Rs. 20,000 crores will be provided…
