In the recent state budget, Rs 300 crore has been earmarked for Arundhati scheme offering 10 gm gold worth Rs 38000, limited to economically weaker sections, with annual income below Rs 5 lakh. Scheme can be availed upon formal registration of marriages
Assam Capital: Dispur; CM: Sarbananda Sonowal
PM Modi inaugurated the 13th International Oil and Gas Conference - PETROTECH-2019 in Greater Noida, NCR. The event underlines the need to move towards responsible pricing of Oil and Gas to balance the interests of both the producer and the consumer
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas: Dharmendra Pradhan
Prajnesh Gunneswaran jumped 6 places to 97th rank to break into men’s singles top-100 ATP rankings for the first time in his career. In doubles ranking, Rohan Bopanna was put at 37 and Divij Sharan at 39
Women's Tennis Association HQ: St Petersburg, USA
Indian MoEFCC & Norwegian External Affairs Ministry signed a letter of Intent for joint Marine Pollution Initiative & formation of a Task Force on Blue Economy with government officials, researchers and experts & private sector for sustainable solutions.
Norway Capital: Oslo; Currency: Norwegian krone
It is observed bi-annually on 10 February & 10 August in all states and UTs Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It is a single fixed-day approach to treating intestinal worm infections in all children aged 1- 19 years
Minister for Health and Family Welfare: J P Nadda
Abu Dhabi Judicial Department recently announced its decision to include Hindi as the 3rd official language to be used in its courts, alongside Arabic and English with an aim to improve access to justice delivery system for Indian expatriates
UAE Capital: Abu Dhabi, Currency: Dirham
83rd edition of Senior National Badminton Championships begins in Guwahati, Assam. The top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth among others are deemed to be the main attractions
Saina & Sindhu stand at 9th and 6th in Women Singles rankings
India jumped 8 places to 36th position on IP Index, with scoring on reforms implemented by Indian policymakers towards building a sustained innovation ecosystem. Index ranks Countries on the basis of 45 indicators.
USA’s Global Innovation Policy Centre publishes the Index
NTPC recently went into a term loan agreement for ₹5,000 crore with SBI at an interest rate linked to 3-Month MCLR of the bank. The loan will be utilised to part finance the capital expenditure of NTPC
NTPC Founded: 1975, HQ: New Delhi
Vodafone Idea Ltd, which is now India's largest telecom operator appointed Suresh Vaswani as an independent director for a period of 3 years. He is an alumnus of IIT-Kharagpur and IIM-Ahmedabad
Vodafone-Idea CEO: Balesh Sharma