The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution on COVID-19, calling for intensified international cooperation to defeat the pandemic. Co-sponsored by 188 nations including India, the resolution titled Global solidarity to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is first…
World Bank Fast-Tracks $1 Billion COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Support for India
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a fast-track $1 billion India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project to help India prevent, detect, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen its public health preparedness. This is the largest…
ICMR Approves Rapid Antibody Test For Speedy Detection Of Covid 19 In Hotspots
In order to ensure speedy detection of coronavirus cases, those residing in COVID-19 hotspots or areas which have reported large numbers of cases may have to undergo a rapid antibody blood test for the viral infection. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in…
Union Agriculture Minister launches new features of e-NAM platform
The Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj launched new features of National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Platform to strengthen agriculture marketing by farmers which will reduce their need to physically come to wholesale mandis for selling their…
Merger of 10 Public Sector Banks
Ten Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) banks will be amalgamated into four banks from , 1 April. With this, the number of public sector banks in India will come down to 12 from 27 in 2017. Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) and United…
RBI allows 3-month moratorium on EMIs, cuts repo rate by 75 basis points
The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee(MPC) has voted in favour of an interest rate cut to the tune of 75 basis points, which brings the repo rate down to 4.4 per cent from 5.15 per cent. The reverse repo rate has also been reduced by…
WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY 2020
Each year, World TB Day is observed on March 24 to create awareness and to support world-wide efforts to eliminate this disease. This annual event commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes TB. The theme of World TB…
MARCH 23 : MARTYRS DAY
Martyrs Day is observed in India on March 23 every year. On this day, Indians pay homage to martyrs( death anniversary of three great Indian freedom fighters) Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru and remember their sacrifices. The famous trio revolutionaries lost their lives…