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Chhattisgarh launched Cghaat website for online essential delivery

Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated the online delivery website ‘Cghaat’ on 16 April. Cghaat will facilitate doorstep delivery of fruits and vegetables during the extended lockdown phase due to contain COVID-19 spread. Cghaat:♦ The web portal, cghaat.in, has been developed by Chhattisgarh government’s agency Chips. ♦ The fruit and vegetable vendors who are interested […]

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RBI released 49th round of OBICUS

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the 49th round of quarterly OBICUS (Order books, inventories, and capacity utilization survey) of the manufacturing sector. The survey includes the reference period January-March 2020. OBICUS:♦ The OBICUS survey will provide valuable input for monetary policy formulation.♦ The Central Bank has conducted the OBICUS of the manufacturing sector

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Chess wizard Viswanathan Anand named ambassador of WWF India

Chess Master Viswanathan Anand has been appointed as the new Ambassador for World Wide Fund (WWF) India’s Environment Education program. The Environment Education Program was formed in 1976. It reaches out to school children, youth and citizens across the country. The main objective of the organization is to generate critical thinking, problem-solving, and environmentally-conscious individuals. The

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RBI announced 2nd set of measures to preserve financial stability

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the second set of measures to preserve financial stability and help put money in the hands of the needy and disadvantaged during the extended lockdown due to the COVID-19 crisis. The information was announced by the RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das. Aim:The move by the Central Bank aims

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Delhi to begin clinical trial of plasma enrichment technique

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the Doctors will conduct the clinical trial of plasma enrichment technique to treat severely-ill coronavirus patients soon. Clinical trial of plasma method:♦ The clinical trial of the plasma method will be conducted in Delhi. ♦ If the trial is successful, the method will be implemented to save the lives

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CDSCO approves 67 Indian firms for antibody rapid testing kits

Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has approved as many as 67 Indian firms for antibody rapid testing kits for testing COVID-19. Highlights:♦ Out of 67 companies, 5 are using indigenous kits and 62 other companies are importing antibody rapid testing kits from other countries, such as China, South Korea, the United Kingdom, France, and

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AIIB to lend USD 500 mn to India to help fight COVID-19 pandemic

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has announced that it is to finance $500 million projects in India to help the country improve its health care systems. With this, AIIB has doubled its funds under the COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility. Highlights:♦ The aim of the move is to help reduce health care pressures in pandemic preparedness

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DRDO develops Automatic Sanitiser Dispensing Unit and UV Sanitisation Box to fight coronavirus

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed Automatic Mist Based Sanitiser Dispensing Unit and UV Sanitisation Box and Hand-held UV device to fight against COVID-19. Automatic Mist Based Sanitiser Dispensing Unit:Centre for Fire Explosive & Environment Safety (CFEES), Delhi has developed an automatic mist based sanitizer dispensing unit. It is a contactless sanitizer dispenser that

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Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated CAT Bench at Jammu

Union Minister Jitendra Singh has inaugurated the 18th Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) for the Union Territories (UTs) of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh through a Video Conference on 8 June. The setting up of CAT Bench of Jammu will deal exclusively with service matters of government employees. It will reduce the burden of

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IAF inducted Indigenous Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation

The Indian Air Force has designed, developed and inducted an Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation (ARPIT). This pod will be utilised for evacuation of critical patients with infectious diseases including COVID-19 from high altitude area, isolated and remote places. The prototype is in line with Atmanirbhar Bharat and hence only indigenous materials have been

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