Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved the release of ₹11,092 crores to all states under the State Disaster Risk Management Fund (SDRMF) for setting up quarantine facilities and arranging other facilities for checking the spread of coronavirus.
Ajay Kumar Bhalla – Home Secretary.
Uber partnered with the National Health Authority (NHA) to provide transport service to frontline healthcare workers who are engaged in the treatment. Uber will initially facilitate the provision of 150 cars free of cost through its UberMedic service.
Uber HQ: San Francisco, CA, USA.
An IAF C-130J transport aircraft delivered 6.2 tonnes of essential medicines and hospital consumables to the Maldives under Operation Sanjeevani. It is the first country in India’s neighbourhood to have received essential medicines since the lockdown.
Air Chief Marshal: Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria.
Food Corporation of India (FCI) has set a new record in single-day movement by moving 70 rakes carrying 1,93,000 MT of food grains continuously for 2 days. During the 12 days of lockdown, it has done average movement of 1,40,000 tonnes of food grain/day.
Among the consuming states, maximum induction was done in UP.
To alleviate these mental health concerns during a lockdown, Mpower, an Indian mental healthcare institute has partnered with the Maharashtra govt & the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to launch a toll-free helpline number called ‘BMC-Mpower 1on1’.
Mpower HQ: Mumbai.
ADB announced $100 million funding for the Indian Infrastructure sector through the government promoter NIIF. ADB is investing in NIIF’s ‘fund of funds’, which means that the actual money invested is a few times more than the committed sum.
NIIF MD and Chief: Sujoy Bose.
ARMMAN, an India-based non-profit organization was awarded the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2020 for its work in the maternal and child health space in India. ARMMAN works towards empowering mothers and enabling healthy children in India.
Dr Aparna Hegde - Founder, Chairperson of ARMMAN.
HO: Mumbai.
Madhabi Puri Buch, Whole Time Member at SEBI is given a six-month extension by the govt. Buch was appointed in April ‘17 & her 3-year tenure ends in March. Buch is SEBI’s 1st woman WTM and the 1st from the private sector to be appointed a board member.
SEBI Chairman – Ajay Tyagi.
Bione launched a rapid COVID-19 at-home Screening test kit & is the first healthcare company in India to introduce this. It is priced between ₹2000-3000/-. Bione, based in Banglaore is the first company to bring NSG Sequencing to India.
Bione was founded by Surendra K Chikara, a renowned genomicist.
Sport has the power to change the world & is a fundamental right. In response to global developments of the pandemic, International Day of Sport for Development and Peace will focus on the health benefits of participating in sporting and physical activity.
For International Day of Sport 2020, let’s #BeActive.
To keep a strict vigil on the spreading of fake news and misinformation through social media platforms by individuals, the Telangana government in partnership with Factly Media & Research launched a fact-checking website and dissecting misleading posts.
The portal is first of its kind by a state government.
IndusInd Bank and its promoter the Hinduja Group have initiated talks with sovereign wealth funds and pension funds, including Canada’s CPPIB and Singapore’s GIC Ltd, to raise $500 million. It has been one of the most impacted banks due to COVID-19.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board-CPPIB
Singapore Company-GIC
In a first of its kind in the country, Dr Dang Lab, Delhi launched a testing drive through a COVID-19 testing Centre on the western side of the national capital's Punjabi Bagh area.The testing Centre can conduct about 35-40 tests in a day.
SARS-CoV-2 is the seventh coronavirus known to infect humans.
PokerStars India has appointed MS Dhoni as its new brand ambassador. PokerStars India’s motive to bring MS Dhoni on board is aimed at increasing its market share in the industry. Currently, the brand is at rank four for player traffic among poker sites.
MS Dhoni net worth figure -₹760 crore (March 2020).
Famous Kannada actor Bullet Prakash passed away He was 44.He is known for his comic roles & he was named 'Bullet' because of his love for Royal Enfield Bullet motorbikes which he used to ride.He was also a member of the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
He has worked in over 300 films in his career.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) announced the new provisional dates for the 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships.The showpiece event will now provisionally take place from September 27 to October 4, 2020, in Busan, Korea Republic.
ITTF Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland
In the just-concluded financial year 2019-20, the State finished on top at the all-India level for micro-irrigation coverage.This has been achieved as part of implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).
PMKSY is aimed at promoting the “more crop per drop.