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RBI released 49th round of OBICUS

Reserve Bank of India launched latest round of quarterly order books, inventories and capacity utilisation survey (OBICUS) of manufacturing sector. The RBI has been conducting the OBICUS of the manufacturing sector on a quarterly basis since 2008.

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49th round is for the reference period January-March 2020.

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Top 12 FMCG companies sign up with govt’s Suraksha Stores

India’s top 12 packaged consumer goods makers have signed up to work with the government for Suraksha Stores- an initiative in which companies will help neighbourhood stores ensure safety & hygiene practices. Initially, one million stores will be covered.

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Plans are under the ministry of Union consumer affairs.

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FM Nirmala Sitharaman attends the 2nd G20 FMCBG

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended the virtual session of the 2nd G20 Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors meeting under the Saudi Arabian Presidency, to discuss the global economic outlook amid evolving COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

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Saudi Arabia assumed the G20 2020 Presidency on 1 December 2019.

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Chhattisgarh launched ‘Cghaat’ website for online essential delivery

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated the online delivery website Cghaat to provide home delivery of fruits and vegetables during the extended lockdown phase. The website ‘cghaat.in’, has been developed by Chhattisgarh government's agency Chips.

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The service has first been made available in Raipur city.

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AIIB mulls $500 million funding for healthcare system in India

AIIB is considering a proposal for financing $500-million project in India to strengthen country's national health care systems. The scope of funding will also include the purchase of equipment and detection capacity as country battles COVID-19 pandemic.

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AIIB is doubling funds under COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility.

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Centre unveils PUSA decontamination, sanitizing tunnel

Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary inaugurated a PUSA decontamination and sanitizing tunnel developed by the government research body ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute. In this tunnel, QAC are used at concentration of 0.045%.

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QAC- Quaternary Ammonium Compounds.

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Narendra Singh Tomar chairs the National Conference on Kharif crops 2020 by video conference

Minister for Rural Development, Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar conducted detailed review meeting of all flagship schemes of Ministry. Rs.7300 Cr released to States and UTs under MGNREGS to liquidate pending dues of FY 2019-2020.

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He emphasised the need to develop e-content for DDUGKY.

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India’s Aarogya Setu becomes world’s fastest app to reach 50 million downloads in 13 days

Aarogya Setu application that tracks Covid-19 cases around and helps in fighting the virus on an individual level, reached 50 million downloads just 13 days, making it the world’s fastest downloaded app, said NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant.

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It is developed by the NIC under Ministry of Electronics and IT.

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Chitra GeneLAMP-N makes confirmatory tests results of COVID 19 possible in 2 hours

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, an Institute of National Importance, of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), has developed a diagnostic test kit that can confirm COVID19 in 2 hours at low cost.

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GeneLAMP-N can detect two regions of the gene.

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MEA announces Covid-19 training programme for SAARC countries

The External Affairs Ministry announced rolling out of a training programme on management of coronavirus pandemic for healthcare professionals from SAARC countries. The training will be imparted by the ministry under its prestigious ITEC programme.

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ITEC- Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation.

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India to host Asian Boxing Championship

The national sports federation has announced that it will host the Asian Boxing Championships for men and women in November-December this year. The event is usually a biennial competition but was held in consecutive years in the past.

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India last hosted the men’s Asian meet back in 1980 in Mumbai.

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International Day for Monuments and Sites

Every year on 18 April, ICOMOS celebrates the International Day for Monuments and Sites, whose establishment was approved by the 22nd UNESCO General Conference in 1983. ICOMOS GA2020 will take place in Sydney, Australia on 1-10 of October 2020.

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GA2020- General Assembly and Scientific Symposium.

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Kisan Rath app launched by Agriculture Ministry to help farmers, traders to connect with transporters

Government launched ‘Kisan Rath App’ to on-board logistics service providers who can extend transportation facility for movement of agricultural and horticultural produce from farm gate to regulated markets, Farmer Producer Organization( FPO) etc.

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App has been developed by National Informatics Center (NIC).

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India's subsidies to renewables drops 35% from FY17 to FY19

India's renewable energy subsidies fell 35% from 2017-18 to 2018-19, while its oil and gas subsidies increased by 65 per cent, a study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) & the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).

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Since 2014, fossil fuel subsidies have fallen by more than half.