Blue Flag certification is a globally recognised eco-label accorded by international agency 'Foundation for Environment Education, Denmark' based on 33 stringent criteria in 4 major heads. International Coastal Clean-Up Day is observed on 19th September.
BEAMS is the newly launched India's own eco-label.
Sanjay Dhotre, Minister of State for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology & Education participated in the meeting on behalf of India during the sixth BRICS Communication Ministers Meeting. Russian minister Maxim Parshin hosted the meeting.
BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
Cohort of young leaders for the SGD is the highest-profile recognition opportunity at the United Nations for youngsters who are leading efforts to combat the world's most pressing issues. Singhal has been named to the 2020 Class of 17 Young Leaders.
He is the founder of Glass2Sand, a zero-waste ecosystem.
Punjab National Bank said the financial regulator of Kazakhstan has revoked licence of its associate for failure to meet prudential standards and other mandatory norms. PNB holds 41.64% in JSC Tengri Bank. JSC Tengri Bank has nine branches in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan Capital- Nur-Sultan, Currency- Tenge.
India & Bangladesh have agreed to resume the joint coordinated border patrolling to reduce criminal activities like narcotics on the border. The decision was taken during the 50th DG level conference of the border guarding forces of India and Bangladesh.
4-day conference was convened in Bangladesh capital Dhaka.
Former President Barack Obama’s new memoir will be published in November, shortly after the election, his publisher, Penguin Random House, announced. The 768-page book will be the first of two volumes and will be released in 25 languages.
‘Becoming’ is the book authored by Michelle Obama.
Scientists have, for the first time, discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a white dwarf or a dead star located about 80 light years away. Planet named WD 1856 b, orbits the smaller star remnant every 34 hours. A year on this planet is only 1.4 days.
This discovery reveals that white dwarfs can have planets.
The Government set up an expert committee under the National Cyber Security Coordinator Rajesh Pant. Committee will evaluate the ‘implications’ of the digital surveillance by Data Information Technology Co. Limited and assess any violations of law.
Committee will submit its recommendations within thirty days.
The FSSAI constituted a task force to look into guidelines/ provisions for vegan foods in the country. The task force comprises 7 members including Shankar Narayan, founder-president, Satvik Vegan Society (formerly Indian Vegan Society), Bengaluru-Byndoor.
Narayan founded the society in 2004 as a charitable trust.
National Jal Jeevan Mission in partnership with Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology launched an ICT Grand Challenge to create solution to develop a ‘Smart Water Supply Measurement and Monitoring System’ to be deployed at the village level.
JJM aims to provide tap connection to rural households by 2024.
Govt amended the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017 enabling nodal Ministries/ Departments to alert higher minimum local content requirement for Class-I & Class-II local suppliers which was earlier fixed at 50% & 20% respectively.
The local content is the value added in India.
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued notification extending the date of implementation of Toys (Quality Control) Order, 2020 as 1st January 2021 in place of 1st September 2020.
DPIIT was established in 1995 & was reconstituted in 2000.
The Insolvency Bankruptcy Code (IBC) Bill is helping to resolve the dispute much before it is entering the National Company Law Tribunal. The NCLT is a quasi-judicial body in India that adjudicates issues relating to Indian companies. NCLT HQ- New Delhi.
NCLT was formed under section 408 of the Companies Act, 2013.
Bill decriminalises several technical & filing-related corporate offences. It also allows direct listing of Indian companies on foreign stock exchanges & revokes the criminal provisions added to the Companies Act for violations of provisions of CSR rules.
LS also passed Taxation Bill to provide relief to taxpayers.
For pottery activity, the government will provide assistance of a pottery wheel, clay blunger, and granulator. For beekeeping activity, the government will provide assistance of bee boxes and tool kits. Scheme proposes to cover a total of 2050 beekeepers.
Financial support of Rs 13 crore is allotted during FY2020-21.
With this partnership, the companies have moved towards import substitution, reducing the nation’s dependence on copper concentrate sourced from abroad. Hindustan Copper Ltd is the only producer of copper concentrate in India.
Hindalco is India’s largest custom copper producer.
Former Research and Analysis Wing chief Anil Dhasmana has been appointed as the chief of National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), India’s technical body that is responsible for geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery. He succeeds Satish Jha.
NTRO Headquarters- New Delhi, Formed on- 2004.
The Tata Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, CRISPR test, powered by CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) FELUDA has received regulatory approvals from the Drug Controller General of India for commercial launch.
Test uses indigenously developed cutting-edge CRISPR technology.
The VAIBHAV Summit is a collaborative initiative by Science & Technology and Academic Organisations of India to enable deliberations on thought process, practices and R&D culture with a problem-solving approach for well-defined objectives.
PM will inaugurate the VAIBHAV Summit on October 2, 2020.
PM had declared a special package for infrastructure development of Bihar in the year 2015. PM will also inaugurate the Optical Fibre internet services. This would entail implementation of one wi-fi and 5 free of cost connections to Govt Institutions.
Chief Minister of Bihar- Nitish Kumar, Governor- Phagu Chauhan.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS), marking a major shift from the existing manual registration system to online registration for transactions in sale or purchase of land.
Included districts: Srinagar, Jammu, Samba, Kathua & Udhampur.
To provide its services to customers irrespective of where they reside, public sector lender Canara Bank has launched lead management system- i-Lead 2.0 (Inspiring Leads System version 2.0). Current LMS is available both in desktop and mobile versions.
Canara Bank Headquarters- Bengaluru.
Dharwad-headquartered KVGB has launched a special gold loan scheme- Vikas Laghu Suvarna- with a reduced interest rate of 7.25%. Under this scheme, the bank is giving 80 per cent of the market value of the gold subject to a maximum of Rs ,3200 a gram.
A maximum loan of up to Rs 15 lakh will be provided.
Writer Winston Groom, whose novel Forrest Gump was made into the hugely successful Oscar-winning 1994 film starring Tom Hanks, has died aged 77. The book, about the childlike optimism of a slow thinking but kind-hearted man, won six Oscars.
Gump & Co is the sequel to his 1986 novel Forrest Gump.
Eminent fashion designer Sharbari Dutta was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her Kolkata residence. She was 63. Her label became popular for a unique blend of ethnicity and modernity in fabric and vibrancy in colour.
She had established her brand ‘Shunyaa’ with outlets in Kolkata.
