The Central Board of Secondary Education-CBSE has partnered with Facebook to launch a free and comprehensive training program for teachers and students of its affiliated schools in the first phase from August to November 2020 in virtual mode.
Participants to receive an e-certificate from CBSE & Facebook.
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel hospital is a 1000-bedded facility with 250 ICUs. It was built in a record time of 12 days by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with MHA, MoHFW, Armed Force, Tata Sons and other industrial players.
SPCCH is roughly the size of 20 football fields.
As an initiative to support Farmers during post lockdown period, Odisha Govt launched ‘Balaram Yojana’ to provide agricultural loan to landless farmers across the State. Under this, the landless cultivators will get loans through Joint Liability Groups.
It aims to support 7 lakh farmers in the next two years.
The UN's Trade and development body warned that the loss could rise to $ 2.2 trillion or 2.8% of the world's GDP if the break-in international tourism lasts for eight months, in line with the expected decline in tourism as projected by the UNWTO.
UNCTAD 7th and current Secretary-General: Mukhisa Kituyi.
A United Nations-led report found India is the third-largest contributor to e-waste in the world in 2019. As per the report titled ‘Global E-waste Monitor 2020’, the world dumped 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste in 2019. Of this, just 17.4% was recycled.
India with 3.2 million tonnes, was third. China topped the list.
IndiaFirst Life Insurance Co Ltd promoted by Bank of Baroda and Union Bank of India, associated with BoB Financial Services Limited to offer unique group insurance coverage that provides financial support upon hospitalization or on CoVID-19 diagnosis.
MD & CEO of BoB Financial Solution Ltd: Shailendra Singh.
US Private Equity giant KKR agreed to acquire about 54% stake in Mumbai-based drug manufacturer JB Chemical & Pharmaceuticals, one of the oldest pharma companies in India for Rs 3,100 crore. It is the second KKR investment in India in the past two months.
It recently invested $1.5 billion in Reliance Industries.
Education Minister Manish Sisodia launched an e-learning portal - LEAD (Learning through E-Resources Made Accessible for Delhi) developed by the Delhi government that contains 10,000 instructional materials and course content for Classes I to XII.
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi: Anil Baijal.
The Administration of UT of Ladakh launched the Ladakh Food Security Scheme (LFSS), with effect from July 1. Under this scheme, the rationees shall be provided 5kg of food grains per person.
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh – R K Mathur.
Foreign & Indian coaches for training Indian Athletes to have a 4-year contract in alignment with Olympic cycle. It aims to help India’s long-term roadmap for Olympic preparation for 2024 & 2028. The contract for all foreign coaches extended to Sep 30 2020
Indian Olympic Association President: Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra.
It commemorates the French biologist Louis Pasteur, who in 1885, successfully administered the first vaccine against Rabies, a zoonotic disease. It is celebrated every year on July 6. Zoonoses are diseases which can be transmitted from animals to humans.
Around 75% of human diseases are zoonotic in origin.
Hollywood veteran and multihyphenate personality Carl Reiner, best known as the creator of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and director of several Steve Martin films like All of Me, passed away at the age of 98. He was a writer, filmmaker, actor & voice artiste.
He has won multiple Emmy awards.
Titled 'Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver', the book focuses on the non-performing assets issue that has afflicted Indian banking in recent years, its causes and Patel's efforts as the RBI Governor in dealing with it. It will be published by HarperCollins
He served as the 24th Governor of the RBI.