Indian Navy hosted 27th India-Singapore Bilateral Maritime Exercise SIMBEX-20 in Andaman Sea to enhance mutual inter-operability & imbibing best practices from each other. SIMBEX series of exercises b/w India & Singapore being conducted annually since 1994
Currency: Singapore dollar;
Capital: Singapore.
Netflix's India Original series "Delhi Crime", helmed by Indian-Canadian director Richie Mehta, has bagged the best drama series honour at the 48th International Emmy Awards. "Responsible Child" bagged the best TV Movie / Mini-Series award.
"For Sama" won the best documentary award.
Ravi Shankar Prasad launched UMANG’s international version in coordination with Ministry of External Affairs for select countries. It will help Indian international students, NRIs and Indian tourists abroad, to avail Government of India services, anytime.
UMANG- Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance.
IIT-Madras researchers have made a Solar-Powered Unmanned Autonomous Survey Craft for Indian ports and inland waterways. It can undertake autonomous hydrographic and oceanographic surveys, providing real-time data transmission over long distances.
It can be equipped with a 360° camera and LiDAR.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy launched the 'Abhayam' app designed for safe and secure travel for women commuting by autos and taxis. The app aims at providing emergency help to those in distress and instills confidence among women.
Blackbuck is State Animal of Andhra Pradesh.
Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a mobile COVID-19 RT-PCR Lab at Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi. It has been jointly developed by Spice Health & ICMR. Tests will be free of cost for the people & report would be available within 6 to 8hrs.
RT-PCR: Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Odisha Essential Services (Maintenance) Amendment Bill-2020 was passed by state assembly to amend existing Act of 1988 to prohibit strikes by employees of essential services in state & includes services like fire service, excise, forest, prison reforms,etc
Odisha Capital: Bhubaneswar;
CM: Naveen Patnaik.
23 rare medicinal plants of Karnataka are listed as endangered on International Union for Conservation of Nature list. The red-listed rare medicinal plants include sandalwood, wild clove, red sanders, wild jamun & other species endemic to Western Ghats.
Karnataka Governor: Vajubhai Vala;
CM: B. S. Yediyurappa.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk passed Bill Gates to become world's 2nd richest person after his net worth soared $7.2bn to $127.9 bn, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of world’s 500 richest people. He has added $100.3bn to his fortune in 2020.
In January 2020 Elon Musk ranked 35th
IIT Guwahati has developed a novel free-space optical communication system for information transfer. In free-space communication, data in the form of voice, text or image is transmitted using light wirelessly rather than through optical fibres.
IITs are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961
Union Home Ministry relaxed norms for NGOs mandated to maintain FCRA account with SBI. Ministry has set deadline of 31.03.2021 for NGOs registered under FCRA to open account at SBI. It allowed NGOs to maintain existing FCRA Account for utilization purposes
FCRA, 2010 come into force on 1st May, 2011
Muthoot Finance has tied up with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance to provide insurance on gold jewellery as part of their new initiative. Scheme named as "Muthoot Gold Shield" is backed by Group Affinity All Risk policy of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance.
Muthoot Finance is the largest gold loan NBFC in the country.
India’s 1st moss garden has been developed at Khurpatal, Nainital to conserve various species of moss & bryophytes & to make people aware of its significance. 2 moss species found here Cement Moss & Brachythecium Buchanani – figure in IUCN’s red list.
Moss are the first plants to grow on rocky land.
APEC Leaders’ Meeting 2020 was held under Chairmanship of Malaysian PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Theme of APEC Malaysia 2020: "Optimising Human Potential Towards a Resilient Future of Shared Prosperity: Pivot. Prioritise. Progress".
APEC Summit 2021 to be hosted by New Zealand;
APEC HQs:Singapore
Multi-disciplinary Technical Committee in Dept of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti has recommended 5 technologies in Drinking Water & Sanitation to States including Grundfos AQpure, Janajal Water on Wheel, Presto Online Chlorinator, etc.
JJM Aim: To provide Tap Connection to every rural home by 2024.
Bharti Enterprises Chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal has been appointed as executive chairman of OneWeb, a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company which has now emerged from bankruptcy and will start commercial connectivity services in late 2021
OneWeb announced appointment of Neil Masterson as the CEO.
China will overtake US as world's biggest oil refiner by 2021, according to International Energy Agency. China's infrastructure & quick economic rebound from pandemic coupled with US economic crisis & transition away from oil-based fuels have led to this.
IEA HQs: Paris, France
Founded: November 1974
Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi passed away at the age of 86. The veteran leader was a three-term Assam chief minister from 2001 to 2016, six-time parliamentarian and Union minister twice. He was MLA from Titabor assembly constituency since 2001.
Assam CM: Sarbananda Sonowal;
Capital: Dispur.
N.Ramesh took charge as Deputy Managing Director of Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank). He served as Director in Deptt. of Commerce at the Centre from 2016 to 2019, where he oversaw agriculture, export inspection, biotechnology & plantations division.
Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) was set up in 1982.
Flipkart has partnered with the Army Welfare Placement Organisation to identify and onboard the selected candidates. They will be offered customised induction, sensitisation programmes, and curated learning programmes to enable a seamless transition.
Flipkart CEO, Kalyan Krishnamurthy.
As per the Confederation of Indian Industry & EY report, India can expect to attract $120-160 billion of foreign direct investment annually by 2025 if it manages to increase the FDI to Gross Domestic Product ratio between 3-4% from less than 2% now.
India received $35.37 billion FDI during April-August 2020
Tamil Nadu CM launched ‘Thee’, a mobile phone-based app for benefit of general public to reach out to TN Fire & Rescue Services when in need. Arrangements have been made to facilitate people in need getting help within 10 seconds of their using app.
The app has been developed with Amtex technology.
India and the US have extended the MOU for cooperation on nuclear energy for 10 more years. Both countries have committed to promote cooperation on initiatives aimed at giving an impetus to nuclear safety & security, R&D in nuclear science & tech.
MOU was signed on November 7, 2010.
The govt had blocked 43 mobile apps under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, majorly including Chinese apps such as AliSuppliers, AliExpress, Alipay Cashier, CamCard and DingTalk, citing threat to national security, integrity and sovereignty.
Earlier on June 29, govt had blocked access to 59 mobile apps
