Indian Railways claimed it has achieved 100% punctuality rate for the "first time in its history" on July 1. However, it should be noted that 230 trains are running which is less than 2% of the 13,000 trains that normally run on the railway network.
Previous best was 99.54% on the 23rd of June.
Human Resources and Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan jointly launched the Drug Discovery Hackathon 2020. It is an online competition and anybody from anywhere in the country or world can participate.
First of its kind, it aims to support the drug discovery process
Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the urban forest at the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) Office Park in New Delhi. The objective is to reduce high air pollution levels particularly at the ITO Crossing.
It has been created in area that is little over 1 acre in size.
The government's flagship program Fit India is launching a series of interactive sessions with some of the top sportspersons (Badminton star P V Sindhu and Football skipper Sunil Chhetri) of the country intended to inspire the school children.
The talks to be held in presence of union HRD & Sports ministers
Tamil Nadu government announced a monthly stipend of 3,000 rupees to junior lawyers for two years to help them overcome financial difficulties under the Advocates Welfare Scheme. The stipend has been a longstanding demand of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu.
Aims to prevent young advocates from migrating to other jobs.
Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa launched ‘Skill Connect Forum’, a portal that connects job seekers with employers on a common platform. The portal provides information on available jobs. An unemployed person will be imparted a skill & then enabled to get a job
It is also trying to introduce amendments to key labour laws.
Goa govt allotted land to the consortium of 49 Goan MSME units for setting up Goa Maritime Cluster to create facilities for shipbuilding. The project, which is first Maritime Cluster of India, is supported by shipping ministry, DG of Shipping, and MSMEs.
CMD of the project – Suraj Dialani.
In Madhya Pradesh to prevent corona infection, Indore Municipal Corporation is placing Yellow colour dustbins at all major places in the city. It is the third dustbin apart from blue & green colours dustbins & being placed for only corona infected material
It is seen as a good scheme for public health.
Former Reserve Bank of India Governor C. Rangarajan has been conferred the P.C. Mahala Nobis Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contribution to official statistics. He also held the post of chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the PM.
He was given the award on the Statistics Day on June 29.
One in three girls missing globally due to sex selection, both pre and postnatal, is from India -46 million out of the total 142 million, according to the UNFPA’s State of the World Population 2020 report released. The number of missing women has doubled.
1 in 9 females below 5 years die due to postnatal sex selection.
Veteran Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan, who mentored generations of actors and was fondly known as "Masterji", died due to cardiac arrest. The three-time National Award winner choreographed some of the most memorable songs in Hindi cinema. She was 71.
She last choreographed for Tabaah hogaye from Kalank.