MMUKESH AMBANI: WORLD’S 6TH RICHEST PERSON
Bloomberg
Billionaires Index has ranked Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries
Ltd (RIL) as the World’s 6th richest man with a worth USD 72.4 billion after
surpassing Elon Musk, co-founder & CEO of Tesla and Alphabet Inc co
founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Ambani’s net worth has been raised as he
has sold his shares in Jio Platform. Top 3 billionaires in the world are: Jeff
Bezos (USA), Bill Gates (USA) and Bernard Arnault (France). Other Indians in
top 100 are: Azim Prremji (77th position) and Shiv Nadar (89th position).
SHUDH
IIT
Kanpur has developed an Ultraviolet (UV) sanitizing product, ‘SHUDH’. SHUDH is
a smartphone operated Handy UV Disinfection Helper. It helps to make the
surroundings COVID free especially the highly prone places such as hospitals,
hotels, malls, offices and schools.
7.5% RESERVATION FOR GOVT SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO CLEAR NEET EXAM
Tamil
Nadu Cabinet passed a resolution to reserve 7.5% of medical seats to government
school students who clear National Eligibility cum Eligibility Test (NEET). The
state has decided to include students who studied under the 'Right to
Education' quota up to the eighth standard in government schools in the
proposed horizontal reservation for medical admissions. Government sources say
that, an ordinance will be promulgated soon on this.
IRAN DROPS INDIA FROM CHABAHAR PORT
Iran
has decided to move ahead with the construction of a railway line from Chabahar
port to Zahedan without any assistance from India due to delay in funding. The railway line project was part of India’s
commitment to the trilateral agreement with Afghanistan and Iran to build an
alternate trade route to Afghanistan and Central Asia. The deal was finalised
during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Tehran in 2016. Indian Railways
Construction Ltd (IRCON) had promised assistance to the railway line project
besides financing worth $1.6 billion. However, the work was never started as
the United States imposed sanctions on Iran.
#REIMAGINE CAMPAIGN
The
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) India joined hands with Federation of
Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s (FICCI) to initiate UNICEF’s
“#Reimagine Campaign” for the support of most vulnerable populations and
children during the ongoing COVID-19 response and its aftermath in India. In
response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF has launched Reimagine – an urgent
appeal to governments, the public, donors and the private sector to support
UNICEF’s efforts to respond, recover and reimagine a world severely impacted by
COVID-19.Importantly, Ogilvy, a New York (United States) based advertising
agency is offering free of charge support in developing the creative narrative
for the campaign.
PRAGYATA
Union
HRD Ministry released PRAGYATA Guidelines on Digital Education through online
medium. Ministry informed that PRAGYATA guidelines have been developed from the
perspective of learners, with a focus on online/blended/digital education for
students who are presently at home due to lockdown. The PRAGYATA guidelines
include eight steps of online/ digital learning that is, Plan- Review- Arrange-
Guide- Yak(talk)- Assign- Track- Appreciate. These steps guide the planning and
implementation of digital education step by step with examples.
SOUTH CHINA SEA: CHINA BLAMES USA
Refuting
US allegations of building a "maritime empire" in the disputed South
China Sea, China claimed its jurisdiction over the vast ocean existed for more
than 1,000 years and accused Washington of attempting to sow discord between
Beijing and the Southeast Asian countries. Earlier, US said that, the world
will not allow China to treat the strategically important South China Sea (SCS)
as its "maritime empire" and vowed to support worried Southeast Asian
countries against Beijing's "campaign of bullying" to control the
resource-rich region.
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July
15: World Youth Skills Day; Theme: "Skills
for a Resilient Youth"
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