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Arunachal Pradesh to provide 100% tap water connections to all its households by 2023
The Government of North Eastern state Arunachal Pradesh has set a target to provide tap water connections to each and every household in the State by 2023 under Union Government’s flagship program Jal Jeevan Mission. What is Jal Jeevan Mission? ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
USISPF confers 2020 Leadership Awards on Anand Mahindra and Shantanu Narayen
Mahindra Group Chairman, Anand Mahindra and Adobe Chairman and CEO, Shantanu Narayen will be conferred with 2020 Leadership Awards by a top US-based India centric business advocacy group for their remarkable ambition in strengthening the US-India bilateral economic partnership. Key ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Ashwani Bhatia appointed as the Managing Director of SBI
Ashwani Bhatia has been appointed as the managing director of State Bank of India by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister of India. He will be appointed in the place of P K Gupta. Key highlights ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Aarogya Setu team launches ‘Open API Service’ for better operation
India’s self-assessed digital healthcare service app Aarogya Setu has come up with a new feature called the Open API Service, which allows the organizations to check the health status of their employees or any other user as well without creating ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Current Affairs – August 22, 2020 [Evening Headlines]
Here are the Current Affairs Evening Headlines of August 22, 2020 by GKToday: Hallmarking of precious metals mandatory from June 1, 2021 The Central government has set a deadline for mandatory compliance with hallmarking of precious metals at 1st June ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
ICICI Lombard to merge with Bharti Axa General Insurance
ICICI Lombard general insurance company is going to merge with Bharti AXA’s non-life insurance business through a scheme of arrangement. According to ICICI Lombard, it will be the third-largest non-life insurer in India. Who are non-insurance companies? Non-life insurance companies ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Extension of last date: Hallmarking of precious metals to be mandatory from 1st June 2021
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Sh. Ram Vilas Paswan has declared the provision of mandatory hallmarking of precious metals like gold jewellery and artifacts will be effective from 1st June next year. Key highlights The Govt. had announced mandatory hallmarking in ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
External Affairs Ministry organized 6th Round Table of ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks
The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India has organized the 6th Round Table of ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks (AINTT) in association with Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The theme of the two-day long symposium was ‘ASEAN-India: Strengthening Partnership ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
California Wildfires: Thousands of people evacuated to avoid unavoidable circumstances
California has been battling against massive wildfires which broke out last week. Nearly 771,000 acres of land and 100 homes have reportedly been destroyed by the wildfires. Considering the impact the authorities had issued evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Myanmar Govt and armed groups signed agreement for National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA)
A framework agreement has been signed by the Myanmar government and ten armed ethnic groups to implement the National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in the capital city of Myanmar, Nay Pyi Taw. Key Highlights The signing of the agreement called Union ..