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1.Person in News Krishnendu Majumdar appointed new chairman of BAFTA Krishnendu Majumdar has become the new chairman of British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) He is an Emmy-winning television producer He will be the first person of color to be the chairperson of the 73-year-old BAFTA 2.Person in Read more…
1.Economy Moody’s Investors Service downgrades India’s sovereign rating to Baa3 India’s rating has been downgraded from Baa2 to Baa3 for the first time in over two decades Baa3 is Moody’s lowest investment grade. It is just above the junk status This is due to: Expected contraction of 4% in India’s Read more…
1.Miscellaneous WHO launches ‘C-TAP’ for equitable access to life-saving technology C-TAP stands for COVID-19 Technology Access Pool C-TAP aims to: share research and information to quicken vaccine and medicine development boost collaboration to increase manufacturing capacity for any products that are developed C-TAP has been launched after the request of Read more…
1.Government Schemes “Responsible AI for Youth” national program launched by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology The program will empower Indian youth with new technology and prepare them for an AI enabled world The program has been rolled out by National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics & IT in partnership Read more…
1.Science and Technology Rare space object called Active Asteroid discovered near Jupiter Active Asteroids are celestial bodies that look like a comet but have asteroid like orbits. The Active Asteroid near Jupiter is called 2019 LD2 and is part of an asteroid swarm called Jupiter Trojans. 2019 LD2 was discovered Read more…
1.Person in News R Sreerekha to become Kerala’s first female DGP Kerala government has appointed R Sreerekha as the Fire and Rescue Services DGP With this appointment, she will be the first female Director General of Police in Kerala In 1991, she was also the first female Superintendent of Police Read more…
1.Miscellaneous Kargil’s first Solar Lift Irrigation Plant inaugurated Kargil’s first Solar Lift Irrigation Plant with five KW Solar Plants and three HP Submersible Pumps has been inaugurated at Yak Breeding Farm, Bodh Kharboo This project will help in solving for the water shortage problem for irrigation and drinking This plant Read more…
1.Science and Technology Facebook launches calling application “CatchUp” Facebook has launched a separate calling application called CatchUp The app will enable a user to indicate their availability to talk to and call others. It will also enable users to check availability of time with a group of up to eight Read more…
1.Economy World Steel Report 2020 published by World Steel Association The report studies crude steel production of 64 countries The crude steel output in India has decreased by 65.2% in April 2020 Globally, there has been a 13.0% decrease compared to April 2019 2.Miscellaneous J.K. Rowling announces new book: The Read more…
