July 2020

JHARKHAND 4 govt buildings converted to Covid care centres The state government converted four government buildings into Covid care centres in Ranchi on Saturday and averted a situation that could have led to a major crisis due to shortage of Covid beds.UTTARAKHAND Festival Harela With the aim of increasing green cover in urban spaces, the … Read more

International World Bank provides $400 million for NamamiGange World Bank provides $400 million to enhance support for rejuvenating the Ganga Project will help build infrastructure and institutions needed to make the Ganga a clean and healthy river The $400 million operation comprises a loan of $381 million and a proposed Guarantee of up to $19 … Read more

International World Youth Skills Day-15 July The United Nations, at its General Assembly in November 2014, declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day. Prime Minister, on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day, exhorts Youth to Skill, Reskill and Upskill Skill India Mission has enhanced opportunities to access employment both locally and globally: PM … Read more

International Indra Mani Pandey to be India’s next ambassador to UN Indra Mani Pandey, an IFS officer of 1990 batch and presently additional secretary in the MEA, will be the next ambassador/permanent representative of India to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva, including WHO and UN Human Rights Council Pandey will lead India’s … Read more

  International Construction work at Hindu temple site in Pakistan halted The Islamabad Hindu Panchayat announced on Saturday that it would discontinue the construction of a boundary wall of Shri Krishna Mandir in the capital city after a part of the wall was allegedly demolished by a mob of fundamentalist forces Pakistan’s government had given … Read more

JHARKHAND Monsoon becomes weak over Jharkhand South West monsoon has become weak over Jharkhand as the trough has shifted north towards the foothills of Himalaya absence of rainfall during the past few days has pushed up the deficit figure to 13 per cent.   International 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting Union … Read more

JHARKHAND JAC 10th result 2020 The result of matriculation examination has been released in Jharkhand. 75% of the students have succeeded in this. This year, 3,85,144 candidates appeared for the matriculation examination. 2,88,928 candidates have been successful in this. In this, 1,48,051 students have passed from first class, 1,24,036 from second class and 16,841 students … Read more

JHARKHAND Jharkhand maps skill sets of 3.06 lakh migrants A survey of 4.56 lakh migrant workers of Jharkhand has revealed that 3.06 lakh are skilled, primarily in agriculture and animal husbandry. As many as 7.5 lakh migrants returned to Jharkhand after the coronavirus-induced lockdown was announced in March, and the state rural development department hopes … Read more

UTTAR PRADESH Anandiben Patel given additional charge of Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel was given the additional charge of Madhya Pradesh by President Ram Nath Kovind The decision was taken in wake of the incumbent MP governor Lal Ji Tandon’s absence from account of his poor health.   International Mike Pompeo welcomes India’s … Read more

JHARKHAND Heavy blow to saplings of mango and sagwan at Dalma wildlife sanctuary The absence of showers over the last two weeks has dealt a heavy blow to saplings of mango and sagwan at Dalma wildlife sanctuary. Bamboo is the favourite food of jumbos. Making adequate quantity of food available to the elephants would help … Read more

JHARKHAND Buried treasure in Palamau Land levelling hits buried treasure in Palamau Urn with 102 ancient coins of unknown origin buried deep inside a field found in Naudeeha village 80 coins out of 102 have a single line in Arabic, while words like ‘muneer’ and ‘jaloos’ in Urdu are written on the others.   International … Read more

JHARKHAND Jharkhand HC directs govt to submit report on steps taken to fight Covid-19 The Jharkhand high court on Friday directed the state government to submit a detailed report on steps taken by it in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. Jharkhand reported 3,268 Covid-19 cases till Thursday and 23 people succumbed to the disease. … Read more

JHARKHAND Portal of RERA, Jharkhand Real Estate Regulatory Authority enaugrated Chief Minister Mr. Hemant Soren today inaugurated the portal of RERA, Jharkhand Real Estate Regulatory Authority in the Jharkhand Ministry. The Chairman of RERA told the Chief Minister that the registration of projects related to real estate will be made easier through this portal, through … Read more

JHARKHAND Government likely to rollback tax on collecting firewood by forest dwellers The Hemant Soren government on Friday assured to make changes in the Jharkhand Forest Produce Regulations 2020 which allegedly makes it compulsory for rural people depending on forests to pay for collecting firewood for their daily use. There has been some confusion regarding … Read more

International World Bank and Government of India sign $750 million Agreement World Bank and Government of India sign $750 million Agreement for Emergency Response Programme for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises The World Bank’s MSME Emergency Response Programme will address the immediate liquidity and credit needs of some 1.5 million viable MSMEs to help them … Read more

JHARKHAND Manihari-Sahibganj bridge National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued the work order for the ambitious Manihari- Sahibganj four-lane bridge over the Ganga. While Manihari is in Katihar district, Sahibganj is in neighbouring Jharkhand. The total length of the bridge project is 21.185, including the bridge structure, which will be six km long. the … Read more

JHARKHAND Water Sharing with Bihar The Mohammadganj barrage is attached to North Koyal Water Reservoir, popularly called Mandal dam, located in Latehar district of Jharkhand. Here, the water is retained and Bihar gets a major share of the water in comparison to Jharkhand.   International Google announces $10 billion India Digitization Fund Google will invest … Read more

International Japan supports India on eastern Ladakh standoff with China Japan said it opposed “any unilateral” attempts to change the status quo in the region. Japanese Ambassador Satoshi Suzuki said Japan hoped for peaceful resolution of the row through dialogues. Navies of the two countries held a joint exercise in the Indian Ocean. Four vessels … Read more