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PM to chair 6th meeting of Governing Council of NITI Aayog. The meeting will witness entry of Ladakh for the 1st time in addition to J&K. It will also be attended by ex-officio members of Governing Council, Ministers, Vice Chairman & Members of NITI Aayog.
Chairperson of NITI Aayog: The Prime Minister of India.
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has received the Asia Environmental Enforcement Award-2020 awarded by the United Nations Environment Programme. WCCB was awarded under the Innovation category. It received the award in 2018 under the same category.
WCCB is a statutory body established by the Govt of India.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the Arbor Day Foundation recognized Hyderabad as a 2020 Tree City of World, for its commitment to growing and maintaining urban forests. Hyderabad is the only city in India to get recognition.
Most of the other cities were from the US, UK and Canada.
Google partnered with European Investment Fund & two other organisations in Latin America and Asia to provide $75 million in funding to small &medium sized co., suffering from impact of pandemic. The funds are part of $800 mn initiative announced last year
EIF is the lending arm of the European Union.
PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) in New Delhi signed an agreement with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to facilitate providing of various credit and other schemes of SIDBI to micro, small and medium enterprises in India.
SIDBI HQ: Lucknow, UP
According to Grant Thornton Bharat’s Britain Meets the FDI inflow from the UK to India has increased from $898 million in 2015- 16 to $1,422 million in 2019-20. The report was prepared in collaboration with the CII and UK’s Dept of International Trade.
Maharashtra was the top destination for UK Companies.
Tata group to buy 68% stake in Alibaba-backed online grocery startup Big Basket for about Rs 9500 crore. At present, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma-controlled Alibaba controls a 27.58% stake in the company. Tata's acquisition exited Alibaba & few others.
Big Basket is headquartered in Bengaluru.
RBI cleared the Rs 34250-crore acquisition of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation by Piramal group. Piramal offered upfront cash of Rs 14700 crore, including cash on DHFL’s balance sheet, & a deferred component (non-convertible debentures) of Rs 19550 crore.
Piramal HQ: Mumbai.
DHFL HQ: Mumbai.
Union Minister of Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar launched the software application for 5-pan India surveys which are being conducted by the Labour Bureau. The results of the surveys will be announced in 7 to 8 months.
The constituency of Labour Minister: Bareilly, UP.
The Export-Import Bank on behalf of Govt of India extended Line of Credit of $15 mn to the Republic of Sierra Leone for the purpose of expansion of ongoing projects for rehabilitation of existing potable water facilities in 4 communities in Sierra Leone.
With this, Exim Bank has credit commitments of around $26.59 bn.
India & Nepal signed an MoU for the reconstruction of 6 secondary schools in Nepal. The MoU was for construction schools at a total cost of Nepali Rupees 518 mn. The MoU was signed between Indian Embassy & Nepal's Central Level Project Implementation Unit.
Nepal Capital: Kathmandu
PM: K P Sharma Oli
American space agency NASA successfully landed its 5th rover Perseverance on Mars in a deep crater near its equator called Jezero. The 6-wheeled vehicle will now spend at least next 2 years drilling into the local rocks, looking for evidence of past life.
The rover is only the fifth ever to set its wheels down on Mars.
India joined a two-day navy exercise "Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021" in the northern part of the Indian Ocean. It will include shooting at sea and air targets and liberating hijacked ships, as well as search and rescue and anti-piracy operations.
The drill is being held in an area spanning 17,000 sq. km.
India’s Usha Rao-Monari, a leading investment professional, is appointed by UN chief Antonio Guterres as Under-Secretary-General & Associate Administrator of the UNDP. Monari previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Global Water Development Partners
UNDP HQ: New York, USA
Head: Achim Steiner