Page-27 of Current Affairs - August, 2020
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
The Prime Minister has launched the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (Agri Infra Fund) in order to improve the farm gate prices and overall income of the farmers. The fund of Rs 1 trillion will be utilized for giving a fillip to ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Top GKToday’s News Headlines-10 August 2020
Top GKToday’s News Headlines-10 August 2020 India Railway Museum at Hubballi, Karnataka dedicated to the nation Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal & Mines, Pralhad Joshi on August 9, 2020 dedicate ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Top GKToday’s News Headlines-9 August 2020
Top GKToday’s News Headlines-9 August 2020 INDIA PM inaugurates Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra – an interactive experience centre on the Swachh Bharat Mission, at the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti at Rajghat, New Delhi PM launches ‘Gandagi Mukt Bharat’, a special ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Girish Chandra Murmu is the new CAG of India
The government has appointed Girish Chandra Murmu as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India with effect from August 8, 2020. He was the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, prior to joining this post. Murmu has been sworn-in ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
15 Proposals worth Rs 6400 Cr Sanctioned for Stressed NBFCs and HFCs
The Finance Ministry has declared that the government has sanctioned 15 proposals worth Rs 6400 crores as part of the Special Liquidity Package, a part of the Rs 20.97 lakh crore ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ Package announced by the government. What is ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
India to Participate in Kavkaz Exercise 2020 in Russia
India is going to participate in the multilateral military ‘Russian Kavakaz 2020’ strategic command exercise to be organized in Astrakhan, Russia. The Indian contingent will be represented by 150 Army Personnel and a smaller number of personnel from the Navy ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Maharashtra ties-up with Google for Virtual Classes
Maharashtra government has signed an agreement with the technology giant Google Inc. in order to strengthen the online education infra in the state. The state government has signed the pact with the terms that the students and the teachers will ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Himalayan Geothermal Springs Prominent Source of Carbon-di-Oxide: Study
According to a report published by Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, an autonomous Institute under the Department of Sciences and Technology, Government of India, has claimed that the Himalayan Geothermal springs contribute to a huge amount of carbon-di-oxide to the ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
PM Modi to Launch Agri-Infra Fund for providing Farm Credit
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to launch a financing facility of Rs 1 lakh crore under Agriculture Infrastructural Fund on August 8. The government approved this fund in order to extend subsidized credit for farm infra projects in ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Mukesh Ambani now Fourth-Richest Person in the World
Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries, has become the fourth wealthiest person in the world after overtaking the wealthiest European placed at the 4th position as of now. Ambani is now worth $ 80.6 billion after adding $22 billion ..