The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) got a new Director-General with the appointment of IAS officer V. Vidyavathi, according to Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. She will be serving in the rank of Additional Secretary to the Government of India.
Headquarters of ASI: New Delhi.
India Post, Mumbai paid tribute to migrant workers, by releasing a Special Postal Cover dedicated to them at the Bicentennial Hall of the Mumbai GPO building. 5 migrant workers from different sectors were called upon to release the Special Cover.
India Post works under the aegis of Ministry of Communications.
68.2% of Under-five (U5) deaths were due to child and maternal malnutrition while low birth weight and short gestation led to 83 per cent of neonatal deaths from 2000 to 2017 according to findings of the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative.
Highest Under 5 deaths in 2017 reported in UP followed by Bihar.
Jharkhand received the GI tag for its Sohrai – Kohvar art form. Mainly practised by tribal women of remote villages in Hazaribag district, these traditional and ritualistic paintings are made only with naturally available soils of different colours.
Geographical Indications Registry is headquartered in Chennai.
Telia Rumal is created using the traditional handloom process and not by any other mechanical means. Telia Rumals were worn as a veil by princesses at the erstwhile court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, and as a turban cloth by Arabs in the Middle East.
GIs is defined under Article 22 (1) of WTO Agreement on TRIPS.
ICMR & National Centre for Disease Control to initiate a population-based sero-survey in selected districts in collaboration with key stakeholders and State Health Departments to monitor the trend in the prevalence of COVID-19 infection at tdistrict level.
ICMR Secretary & Director-General – Dr Balram Bharghava.
In a first of its kind initiative in the country, the Thiruvananthapuram division of Southern Railways and Postal department in Kerala entered into a tie-up for door delivery and pick up of parcels to help people during the lockdown.
Sothern Railway Headquarters: Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Microenterprises will be those with an investment of up to Rs 1 crore and a turnover of up to Rs 5 crore. Small enterprises are those up to Rs 10 crore in investment and Rs 50 crore in turnover. Medium enterprises are those up to Rs 20 crore investment.
Medium enterprises are those with a turnover of Rs 100 crores.
UN & partner agencies launched a $6.7 billion global appeal to fight the pandemic. This Global Humanitarian Response Plan calls for swift and determined action to stave off the most debilitating effects of the pandemic in 63 low & middle-income countries.
The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator – Mark Lowcock.
The New Development Bank of BRICS disbursed $1 billion emergency assistance loan to India to help it reduce human, social and economic losses due to the pandemic. The ‘Emergency Assistance Program Loan’ to India was approved by the NDB Board of Directors.
NDB is headed by veteran Indian banker K.V. Kamath.
To help fight the spread of COVID-19, the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention committed $3.6 million to the Indian govt. The funds are also meant to be used to support the development of Infection Prevention and Control centres of excellence.
US CDS, a federal agency is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat launched a portal aimed at creating employment avenues for the trained youth as well as offering them skill development opportunities to increase their employability. HOPE stands for Helping Out People Everywhere.
It can help employers find human resources as per requirements.
Former Commonwealth Games gold-winning boxer Akhil Kumar has been re-inducted into the NADA’s Disciplinary Panel. He is among the most accomplished names in Indian boxing and has also been the government observer for the sport between 2017 and 2019.
National Anti-Doping Agency Director General - Navin Agarwal.
India has moved up two positions to rank 74th on a global ‘Energy Transition Index’ with improvements on all key parameters of economic growth, energy security and environmental sustainability. Sweden has topped the Index for the third consecutive year.
World Economic Forum: Cologny, Switzerland.
India among 88 countries that are likely to miss global nutrition targets by 2025, according to the Report. It is also identified as the country with the highest rates of domestic inequalities in malnutrition. In 2012, WHA identified 6 nutrition targets.
Maternal, infant & young child nutrition target - be met by ‘25.
Astronomers at the University of Canterbury (UC) have found an incredibly rare new Super-Earth planet towards the centre of the galaxy. The planet is one of only a handful that has been discovered with both size and orbit comparable to that of Earth.
The research is published in the “Astronomical Journal”.
Part of the TVS Group, Brakes India is manufacturing low-cost automated respiratory assist device ‘Sundaram Ventago’ along with partners like Sundaram Medical Foundation, IIT-M, Kauvery Hospital, Madras Medical College and with guidance from MIT, Boston.
Chairman of the TVS Group – Venu Srinivasan.
Bringing together composers, musicians and singers from across India, contributing recordings from homes, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) unveiled a musical creation "United We Fight". This song spreads the message of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam'.
ICCR is headquartered in New Delhi.
InsurTech Riskcovry has tied-up with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems to enable NPCI to offer Covid-19 health insurance to their over 700 million RuPay card users.
NPCI President: Dilip Asbe.