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Govt. Announcement: On 21 Aug 2020, in the presence of Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, the Union Minister of State for Tourism (IC), a formal Memorandum of Understanding was virtually signed by the “Travel Agents Association of India and FICCI Ladies Organisation” with Ministry of Tourism. The aim is to promote tourism as sustainable livelihood model […]

Govt. Announcement: Digital India initiative of the Prime Minister, the eSanjeevani  platform has proved its usefulness. The ‘eSanjeevani’ digital platform of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has completed 2 lakh tele-consultations in a short time period of ten days only since the 9th of August . eSanjeevani platform has enabled two types of

Launch: Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Law & Justice, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, launched “Swadeshi Microprocessor Challenge- Innovate Solutions for Aatmanirbhar Bharat”, on 18 Aug 2020. This will start from 18 Aug 2020 & culminates in June 2021. Under the aegis of Microprocessor Development Programme of Ministry of Electronics and IT,

Launch: Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda inaugurated the e-portal on tribal health and nutrition named “Swasthya“. e-newsletter “Alekh” on health and nutrition also announced. “Swasthya”, a first of its kind e-portal, providing all health and nutrition related information of the tribal population of India in a single platform. Prize: The Vice-President of

New Launches of Govt.: The Ministry of AYUSH launched a three-month campaign on “Ayush for Immunity” 14 August 2020 through webinar. The Webinar was staged on Ayush Virtual Convention Centre (AVCC), the new digital communication platform of the Ministry. Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Kiren Rijiju launched the Fit India Freedom Run

Announcements on Independence Day :  On the occasion of 74th Independance Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the task to connect India’s over six lakh villages with optical fibre network will be completed in the next 1,000 days. Besides, a high speed internet connectivity via submarine optical fibre cable will be extended to Lakshadweep

New Defence Launch: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on 13 Aug 2020 launched the Konkurs missile test equipment and Konkurs launcher test equipment. These equipments are indigenously designed and developed by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL). These two products launched as part of Atmanirbhar Bharat. Atmanirbhar Bharat week is celebrating from August 7 to 14 august.The Konkurs

TIFF 2020 Award: Anthony Hopkins, Chloe Zhao and Mira Nair will be honored with at the TIFF Tribute Awards ceremony.  45th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival will be held in 10 Sep to 19 Sep 2020. Veteran actor Anthony Hopkins (an Oscar winner) will receive a TIFF Tribute Actor Award. Director Chloe Zhao

The Asian Football Confederation postponed all men’s qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup, Which was scheduled in October and November. The programme of the games will be rescheduled in 2021. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will launch platform for “Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Honest” via video conferencing at 11