June 2020 Flashcards
Giant Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Countries: Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan
River: Blue Nile
Blue River Originates from
Lake Tana in Ethiopia
Sankalpa Parva
2 week-long plantation campaign (28 June-12 July) by Ministry of Culture
Recommended Trees: Ashok, Awla, Bargad, Peepal, Bel
At One Click initiative
Gujrat government online aid initiative for MSME and bigger Industrial unit including textile
MSME Day
27th June, first observed in 2017
ACT- Accelerator initiative
Access to COVID-19 Tool (ACT) led by WHO
NASA’s headquarter building named after
Mary W Jackson
First Woman Chief Secretary of Punjab
Vini Mahajan
Maareech capable Advanced Torpedo Decoy System
Naval Science & Technology Laboratory (NSTL) and Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) are two laboratories of the Defence Research and Development Oragization
Arjuna Award for 2018
Weightlifter K. Sanjita Chanu
Mukhyamantri Matru Pushti Uphaar
Tripura
CM- Biplab Kumar Deb
Navigating the New Normal campaign
By NITI Ayog in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26th June
Nodal Agency: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Theme: Better Knowledge for Better Care
Haritha Haram Programme
By Telangana
CM- KCR
Aim: To increase the forest cover from 24 to 33%
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
10 ASEAN + Australia, China, Japan, Newzealand, South Korea
Top performer Annual TB Report
Bigger State: Gujrat
Smaller State: Tripura and Nagaland
UT: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu was awarded as the best performer.
World’s first Yoga University outside India
Vivekanand University in Los Angeles
National Statistics Day
29th June on the birth anniversary of P C Mahalanobis
World Statistics Day
20th October
Founder of Hindu College
Krishan Dassji Gurwale in 1899
Founder of Sanskrit college
Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya on 1 Jan 1824
Founder of Brahmo Samaj
Keshab Chandra Sen in 1866
First State to pass social audit legislation
Meghalaya
SWAYAM
Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds
SWAYAM Initiative
By HRD Ministry for online courses
SWAYAM Prabha
By HRD to provide 32 channels through DTH using GSAT-15 satellite
BC Sakhis
Women SHGs working as Bussiness Correspondents for banks
Scheme for Human Resource Development for Health Research is administered by
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
SUTRA PIC
Scientific Utilization through Research Augmentation- Prime Products from Indigenous Cows
SUTRA PIC is led by
Department of Science and Technology
IRCAs
Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts
IRCAs is funded by
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Commodities at a glance: Special issue on strategic battery and minerals report is released by
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Scheduled Banks
listed in the 2nd Schedule of RBI Act 1934
Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) launched by
Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology under the Department of Telecommunications
Kole Wetlands
Thrissur District in Kerala
India- Bhutan first-ever joint venture Hydropower Project
Kholongchhu Hydropower Project
Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) Programme is funded by
World Bank, includes 6 states: Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan
PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME) scheme is launched by
Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)
Approach: One District One Product
Attorney General of India
KK Venugopal
Project PLATINA
World’s largest Plasma Therapy Trial launched by Maharashtra
Kill Corona campaign is launched by
Madhya Pradesh
New President of Malawi
Lazarus Chakwera
Theme of National doctors day 2020
1st July
Theme: Lessen the mortality of covid 19
