The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the 49th round of quarterly OBICUS (Order books, inventories, and capacity utilization survey) of the manufacturing sector. The survey includes the reference period January-March 2020.OBICUS:♦ The OBICUS survey will provide valuable input for monetary ...

Chess Master Viswanathan Anand has been appointed as the new Ambassador for World Wide Fund (WWF) India's Environment Education program. The Environment Education Program was formed in 1976. It reaches out to school children, youth and citizens across the country. The main objective of the ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the second set of measures to preserve financial stability and help put money in the hands of the needy and disadvantaged during the extended lockdown due to the COVID-19 crisis. The information was announced by the RBI Governor Shaktikanta ...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the Doctors will conduct the clinical trial of plasma enrichment technique to treat severely-ill coronavirus patients soon.Clinical trial of plasma method:♦ The clinical trial of the plasma method will be conducted in Delhi. ♦ If the trial ...

Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has approved as many as 67 Indian firms for antibody rapid testing kits for testing COVID-19.Highlights:♦ Out of 67 companies, 5 are using indigenous kits and 62 other companies are importing antibody rapid testing kits from other countries, such ...

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has announced that it is to finance $500 million projects in India to help the country improve its health care systems. With this, AIIB has doubled its funds under the COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility.Highlights:♦ The aim of the move is to help reduce ...

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed Automatic Mist Based Sanitiser Dispensing Unit and UV Sanitisation Box and Hand-held UV device to fight against COVID-19.Automatic Mist Based Sanitiser Dispensing Unit:Centre for Fire Explosive & Environment Safety (CFEES), Delhi ...

Union Minister Jitendra Singh has inaugurated the 18th Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) for the Union Territories (UTs) of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh through a Video Conference on 8 June. The setting up of CAT Bench of Jammu will deal exclusively with service matters of ...

The Indian Air Force has designed, developed and inducted an Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation (ARPIT). This pod will be utilised for evacuation of critical patients with infectious diseases including COVID-19 from high altitude area, isolated and remote places. The prototype is ...

Government of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Denmark on Indo-Denmark Energy Cooperation to develop cooperation in the power sector. The MoU was signed between the Ministry of Power, India, and the Ministry for Energy, Utilities, and Climate, Denmark. Under the MoU, a ...

World Ocean Day is celebrated on 8 June to create awareness about the role played by oceans on earth. Oceans are the world’s largest source of protein. More than 3 billion people depend on the oceans as their primary source of protein and livelihood. The theme for the 2020 World Ocean Day is ...

International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), an autonomous R&D Centre of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India and MEKINS Industries have co-developed a UVC-based Cabinet for disinfecting non-critical hospital items, laboratory ...