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Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has launched ‘Global Health Care’, a comprehensive health insurance product. It covers planned as well as emergency treatment. It also provides health care Internationally (outside of India) and domestically (within India). Sum Insured: Rs 37,50,000 to Rs 3,75,00,000 The product is available in two plans, namely ‘Imperial Plan’ and ‘Imperial Plus Plan’. For Overseas Citizen of India, the minimum […]
The Karnataka government has launched the ‘Kashi Yatra’ project. It offers cash assistance of ₹5,000 to each pilgrims, take up a pilgrimage to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The government will be using funds of up to ₹7 crores from the accounts head of ‘Assistance to Manasa Sarovara Pilgrims’. Karnataka governor: Thawar Chand Gehlot; CM
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International Day of the Tropics is observed annually on 29 June. This day highlights the challenges faced by the tropics nations. The tropics nations are those that lies between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. 12 leading tropical research institutions collaborated to come up with a State of the Tropics Report on 29th June,
Kerala government will launch the MEDISEP scheme – Medical insurance scheme for State Government employees, pensioners and their eligible family members from 1st July, 2022. It will provide cashless medical assistance with a comprehensive coverage up to 3 lakhs per year. The annual premium would be Rs 4,800 plus 18% GST for the policy period of 2022-24. Monthly
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The Energy department of Maharashtra government has signed an MoU with Adani Green Energy Group Ltd (AGEL) to generate green power. It would require an investment of Rs 60,000 crore and generate employment. AGEL will set up Pumped Storage Projects (PSP) in the next five years, and will produce 11,000 MW power. The MoU was signed by Narayan Karad, Deputy Secretary,
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The International Day of Parliamentarism is celebrated every year on 30 June, the date in 1889 on which the IPU was founded. The Day was established in 2018 through a United Nations General Assembly Resolution. The International Day of Parliamentarism is a time to review the progress that parliaments have made in achieving some key goals
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National Statistics Day is celebrated on June 29 on the birth anniversary of late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. Often referred to as the ‘father of Indian statistics’, Mahalanobis, was born on June 29, 1893, in Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal. The day aims to raise public awareness of the value of statistics in everyday life
World Asteroid Day (also known as International Asteroid Day) is an annual UN-sanctioned global awareness campaign event observed on June 30, which is the anniversary of the Siberian Tunguska event of 1908. To provide knowledge to the general public about the importance of asteroids in history, and the role they play in our solar system today. The theme of Asteroid Day
Communications Minister, Ashwini Vaishnav and MoS Communications Devusinh Chauhan have launched ‘Dak Karmayogi’, an e-learning portal. This portal is developed under the vision of ‘Mission Karmayogi’. This portal will develop the competencies of about four lakh Gramin Dak Sevaks and departmental employees. After the completion of the final assessment, a system-generated certificate will generate, and sent to the trainee’s registered
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Iran has applied to become a member of the BRICS. BRICS is a group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Iran is the world’s second-largest gas reserves and membership in the BRICS group would added values for both sides. President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez has also reiterated his desire for Argentina to join BRICS. The term BRIC was coined by Goldman
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