1. Person in News Arjun Dev: Famous Indian historian passes away Prof. Arjun Dev worked as a historian at the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). He is the author of History of the World: From the Late 19th to the Early 20th Century He was part of Read more…
1. India and the World Tata Power JV starts Shuakhevi HPP in Georgia Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC is a joint venture between Tata Power, Norway’s Clean Energy Invest (CEI), and International Financial Corporation (IFC). It has announced commencement of commercial operation of the 178 MW Shuakhevi Hydro Power Project (Shuakhevi HPP) Read more…
1. National Affairs GoI creates 11 empowered groups to deal with coronavirus These 11 empowered groups are tasked to ensure a comprehensive and integrated response to COVID-19 These groups have been set up by the GoI under the Disaster Management Act Eech group has a senior representative from PMO and Read more…
1. International Affairs Asian Development Bank to invest 100 million USD in India’s NIIF Asian Development Bank will be investing 100 million USD in National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) This funding aims to boost Indian economy. The main purpose of NIIF is to aid greenfield and brownfield projects in Read more…
1 International Affairs Global Humanitarian Response Plan to fight COVID-19 A $2 billion coordinated global humanitarian response plan to fight COVID-19 has been launched by United Nations The plan will be implemented in 51 countries across South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Quick Facts: António Guterres is the Read more…
1 Economy RBI reduces key policy rates due to COVID-19 crisis In wake of COVID-19 crisis, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to: Reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 75 basis points Reduce the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate Read more…
1 Persons in News Ruchika Tomar Wins PEN/Hemingway Award Ruchika Tomar has won the PEN/Hemingway Award for her debut novel “A Prayer for Travelers” As part of the award, she will receive $25,000 and a month-long residency at the Ucross Foundation writers retreat in Wyoming. Quick Facts: The PEN/Hemingway Award Read more…
Economy IOC to begin supply of BS-VI fuel across India Indian Oil Corporation Limited has become the 1st company to begin supply of BS-VI fuel across India 1st April 2020 is the deadline to start the supply of BS-VI emission compliant fuels Bharat Satge-VI grade fuel is the world’s cleanest Read more…
Persons in News Two mathematicians win Abel prize Israeli Hillel Furstenberg and Russian-American Gregory Margulis won the Abel prize. Their award is for pioneering the use of methods from probability and dynamics in group theory, number theory and combinatorics. Both mathematicians used techniques of Ergodic theory in their work. Ergodic Read more…
