Category Archives: Current Affairs June 2020

UPSC notice for the candidates to submit choice of centre 2020

Union Public Service Commission has decided to give an opportunity to them to submit their revised choice of Centre keeping in view the large number of candidates of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020 [including the Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination, 2020] and requests received from the candidates for changing their Centers. Daily Current Affairs… Read More »

Biswajit Dasgupta assumed charge as Chief of Staff of ENC

Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta took charge as the Chief of Staff of Eastern Naval Command (ENC). Vice Admiral S.N Ghormade, the outgoing Chief of Staff, has been transferred as the Controller Personnel Services at the Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Navy), New Delhi. Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy.… Read More »

NHAI became first construction sector organisation to go Fully Digital

National Highway Authority of India has gone Fully Digital as it has launched a unique cloud-based and Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered Big Data Analytics platform ‘Data Lake and Project Management Software’. NHAI’s entire project management workflow is transformed from manual to the online portal based. Also, the complete project execution operations including ‘workflow with timelines’… Read More »

State-of-the-art Flood Warning System

iFLOWS- Mumbai, a state-of the-art Integrated Flood Warning System for Mumbai has been launched through video conference jointly by Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Union Earth Sciences Minister. The system will help make Mumbai become more resilient as it provides early warning for flooding, especially during high rainfall events and cyclones. Using this, the estimation… Read More »

International Albinism Awareness Day 2020

International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD) is observed on 13 June to celebrate the human rights of persons with albinism across the world. The theme for 2020 International Albinism Awareness Day is “Made To Shine.” The theme has been selected to celebrate the achievements and successes of persons with albinism worldwide. Bullying, Killings, attacks, dehumanizing stigma,… Read More »

Aarogyapath for healthcare supply chain

The Centre has digitally launched a web-based solution for the healthcare supply chain portal ‘Aarogyapath’, to provide real-time availability of critical healthcare supplies for manufacturers, suppliers and customers. AarogyaPath will serve manufacturers, suppliers, and customers. The aim is to tackle the national health emergency that has arisen out of the COVID-19 pandemic, where the critical… Read More »

Joint Science Communication Forum to promote common policy and best practices

Department of Science & Technology (DST) has constituted a joint Science Communication Forum to promote common policy & best practices to facilitate interaction, cooperation, and coordination amongst various public sector science communication institutions and agencies. The Forum aims to bring together the science communication efforts spread across various institutions. It will help the adoption of… Read More »