Union
Cabinet gave approval for another new pan Indian Central Sector scheme called
as "Agriculture Infrastructure Fund". This scheme was announced by
Union Finance ministry as a part of the Rs. 20 lakh crore AtmaNirbhar Bharat
Package. Under this scheme, a financial support of up to Rs 1 lakh crore will
be provided as loans through the banks and financial institutions in the
country to the Agricultural sectors. The duration of the scheme is for 10 years
(2020-21 to 2029-30).
INDIA GLOBAL WEEK 2020
Prime
Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi to inaugurate "India Global Week 2020"
with the theme "Be the Revival: India and a Better New World" today
through virtual conference. India Global Week 2020 will have 5000 global
participants from 30 nations being addressed by 250 global speakers across 75
sessions. A special 100 birth anniversary concert in tribute to the sitar
maestro Ravi Shankar will also be featured.
OPERATION SAMUDRA SETU CONCLUDED
Indian
Navy completed "Operation Samudra Setu" by bringing 3992 Indian
citizens to homeland in 55 days from several countries in the COVID - 19
pandemic. Operation Samudra Setu was launchedd on May 05, 2020. INS Jalashwa,
INS Airavat, INS Shardul and INS Magar were the part of "Operation Samudra
Setu" and sailed to the countries of Maldives (Male), Iran (Bandar Abbas)
and Sri Lanka (Colombo). Evacuation Operation like Samudra Setu was last
conducted by the Indian Navy back in 2015 during Operation Rahat when 5600
people (including 960 were Foreign Nationals) were evacuated from Yemen.
ASIA’S LARGEST DATA CENTRE IN INDIA
World's
second largest and Asia's largest data centre, called as NM1 was inaugurated in
Mumbai. In the union budget 2020, it was proposed that the government wants the
private sectors to build the data centre parks across the nation.
MALDIVES & SRI LANKA ELIMINATED
MEASLES & RUBELLA
According
to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) South East Asian Region (SEAR) office,
Maldives and Sri Lanka were verified to eliminate both measles and rubella,
making them the first two countries in the WHO South-East Asia region to
achieve beyond their 2023 target. It is to be noted that, a country is
considered to have eliminated measles and rubella when there is no evidence of
endemic transmission of the viruses for more than three years and there is a
better surveillance system. All the 11 member countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan,
East Timor, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, North Korea, Nepal, Sri Lanka
and Thailand) of the South-East Asia region of WHO set year 2023 as a target to
fight measles and rubella.
RYTHU DINOTSAVAM
Andhra
Pradesh celebrated Rythu Dinotsavam (Farmer’s Day) to mark the 71st birth
anniversary of YS Rajasekhara Reddy, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra
Pradesh. The first Ruthu Dinotsavam
(Farmer’s Day) was celebrated on July 08, 2019.
CHINA DEFENDS WHO
China
defended the World Health Organization and lashed out at the US decision to
withdraw from the UN body. China said the move was "another demonstration
of the US pursuing unilateralism, withdrawing from groups and breaking
contracts."
GERMANY: FIRST MAJOR ECONOMY TO PHASE
OUT COAL & NUCLEAR POWER
Germany
became the first industrialized country to phase out of both coal and nuclear
energy. Both the houses of the German parliament approved the bill for shutting
down the coal fired power plant by 2038 and to provide around 45 billion USD
(40 billion Euro) for the affected regions.
AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX
Finland
driver Valtteri Bottas with Mercedes won the Formula One (F1) season-opening
Austrian Grand Prix (GP) , surpassing his Mercedes team mate and Formula One
champion Lewis Hamilton.
TNPFCL
Tamil
Nadu Chief Minister, Mr. Edappadi K Palaniswami launched a dedicated website
and mobile application for the Tamil Nadu Power Finance Corporation and
Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (TNPFCL). The website
https://www.tnpowerfinance.com/ and mobile application “TNPFCL” was launched
for the non-banking public finance company fully owned by the State. TNPFCL
mobilises funds through various deposit schemes and provides financial
assistance to power and infrastructure projects.
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