Word of the Year 2020
Agency Involved |
Word |
Cambridge Dictionary |
Quarantine |
Collins Dictionary |
Lockdown |
Merriam Webster Dictionary |
Pandemic |
Indian Oil Corporation: made its Research & Development Centre at Faridabad(Haryana).
Formula of Hydroxy Chloroquine: C18H26ClN30
COVID 19- Is the name given to ailment caused by CORONAVIRUS.
Recent Indo-Nepal Border Dispute:
In a recent move, Nepal has released a new political map that claims Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh of Uttarakhand as part of its territory. The map also claims the area of Susta, the West Champaran district of Bihar, as part of its territory as shown in the Map.
The border was decided by the Treaty of Sugauli. The Treaty of Sugauli (also spelled Sugowlee, Sagauli, Soogoulee and Segqulee), the treaty that established the boundary line of Nepal, was signed on 2 December 1815 and ratified by 4 March 1816 between the East India Company and Raj Guru Gajaraj Mishra with Chandra Shekhar Upadhaya for Nepal following the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-16
Trump wants India in G-7: US President Donald Trump wants to reformat G7, the group of seven advanced economies in the world, to make it a G10 or G11 that would include India, Australia, South Korea, and Russia.
INS JALASHAWA: Nearly 700 Indians, mostly hailing from Tamil Nadu arrived here on Tuesday by naval warship 'INS Jalashwa' from Sri Lanka, where they were stranded due to COVID-19 linked international travel restrictions.
Revised Definition of MSMEs: Highlights
Earlier, the MSMEs were defined on the basis of investments put in, now the revised definitions will also include the turnover of the company.
- Sitharaman also declared that there will be no more distinction between Manufacturing and Service MSMEs.
- MSMEs will now be called Micro units if they have investments up to Rs 1 crore and turnover of less than Rs 5 crore.`1
The lake is in the process of being identified under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance. This will be the first trans-boundary wetland in South Asia under the convention.
Gairsain: Uttarakhand government declared Gairsain as the summer capital of Uttarakhand with governor notifying the scame.
A new Bench of CAT: A new bench of CAT is constituted for J & K and Ladakh. Chairman being: L. Narsimha Reddy.
Coal Industry: Central Govt. ended its monopoly on the Coal Industry.
Indian Forex reserve: India's foreign exchange reserves rose by over $8.223 billion during the week ended June 5 to cross the $500 billion mark.
No. of Maternity leaves for working women increased to: 26 weeks.
India Elected in UNSC unopposed: India has been elected to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a non-permanent Mumbaimember from the Asia-Pacific category. India has been elected as one of the non-permanent members to the UNSC with an overwhelming majority of 184 votes out of 192, where the minimum requirement was 128.
Asian Infrastructure Invesrment Bank(AIIB): Gave a loan of 750 million Dollars to India to combat COVID-19.( Head-Quarter of AIIB-Bejing)
India to chair: UNSC in august 2021.
Mumbai Based Co. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals introduced Anti Viral Drug for COVID -19 patients: It is Fevipiravir, it is launched with the brand name Febiflu.
Coronil: is the name of Anti-COVID-19 medicine launched by "Patanjali Yogapeeth"
Victory Day Parade: in Red Square in Mosco, 2020 June 24th is 75th one, 1st time was celebrated in1945. Usually, it is celebrated on May 9th but it was postponed to June 24th due to the Corona pandemic.
VivekanandaYoga University: This is 1st yoga university out of India, which is named after Swami Vivekananda launched in Los Angeles in U.S.
Indian National Space for Promotion & Authorization Centre(IN SPACE): To include the private sector in Space innovation, researches & Growth.
Dr.S.Anukriti: Narnaul(Haryana) born woman joined World Bank as Economist.
Nagaland Status: Central Government declares entire Nagaland as disturbed area till December-end
ICC chairman Shashank Manohar: resigned, while Imran Khawaja is appointed as Interim CM,
Forex: India has the 5th largest Forex.