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Reliance Foundation to launch W-GDP WomenConnect Challenge
Reliance Foundation has stated that it has partnered US Agency for International Development (USAID) to launch the W-GDP Women Connect Challenge across India this year with an aim to bridge the gender digital divide in the country. What is W-GDP? ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Union Home Minister’s Medals for Excellence in Investigation awarded
Union Home Minister’s Medals for Excellence in Investigation for 2020 have been awarded to 121 police personnel, including 21 women police officers. Among these awardees, 15 are from the Central Bureau of Investigation, 10 each are from Madhya Pradesh and ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
August 12: International Youth Day
International Youth Day is celebrated each year on August 12 every year in order to signify and highlight the importance of young people, not just as future generation, but also as the current driving force of change in the world. ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
US partners with Moderna for 100 million doses of Covid19 vaccine
Moderna Inc has announced that the US government has secured 100 million doses of a novel coronavirus vaccine, mRNA-1273, developed by this biotechnology company. This is part of the US Government’s goal of security early access to the safe and ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Lok Sabha launches course in French
The Lok Sabha has launched a beginner-level course in French for the officials and the staff of the Lok Sabha Secretariat at the Parliament House. As many as 57 officials registered for this introductory course in French. The objective of ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Israel provides AI-based technology and equipment to AIIMS
Israel has shared the ‘state-of-the-art artificial intelligence-based technologies and high-end equipment’ with AIIMS, New Delhi, as part of the cooperative efforts between India and Israel to combat the deadly COVID 19 Pandemic in the world. The Ambassador of Israel to ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
PM to announce next set of direct tax reforms
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to launch the next set of direct tax reforms in the country keeping in mind the announcements made in the Union Budget 2020-21. The PM will honour the country’s honest taxpayers by ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Highlights: India’s first upper-stage rocket engine test-fired by Skyroot Aerospace
Aerospace startup venture Skyroot Aerospace has successfully test-fired an upper-stage rocket engine, thus becoming the first private company in India to demonstrate the capability to build a homegrown rocket engine. About the Engine The engine is 3-D printed and named ..