World Bank has released Global Economic Prospects report.
In its report, the World Bank has projected India’s growth rate at 5% for fiscal year 2020.
The Global Investors Meet: ASCEND 2020 was hosted by Kochi, Kerala.
ASCEND 2020 showcased 18 mega projects with over Rs
100 crore investment each and offering direct employment to over 9,000
people.
Scientists found ten
songbirds, five new species and five new
subspecies, near Sulawesi, have officially joined the scientific record.
One among them is a Togian jungle-flycatcher
was found in the Wallacean islands off
Indonesia's east coast.
The scientists from
the University of California discovered
the smallest clumps of dark matter ever
identified called cold dark matter using a new technique using the Hubble Space Telescope and a feature of general relativity.
Kerala State Government launched a wage subsidy
scheme for the first five years for new ventures
getting registered from 1 April 2020.
Union Minister for
Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated
the submarine cable works on laying between Chennai – Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
India under Narendra Modi is the fifth biggest geopolitical risk of 2020, said Eurasia Group, world’s leading political risk
consultancy.
Seven students from Jammu Division have been
selected for the 3rd edition of the Pariksha Pe
Charcha 2020 programme which will be held on 20 January 2020.
Henley Passport Index 2020 has
been released. The Indian passport ranked 84th in the world’s most powerful passport index 2020.
Which is a drop by 2 places as it ranked 82nd in 2019.
The Reserve Bank of India has
revised the Know Your Customer (KYC)
norms for banks and
other lending institutions.
In a first, HDFC Bank launched myApps application on 9 January 2020. The app aims to boost digital payments in India.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry amended
the export policy for rice export to the European Union (EU) members on 9 January 2020.
India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant is currently under
phase-3 which involves setting to work of machinery and other equipment and to
be commissioned by early 2021 in
Indian Navy.
The 27th edition
of South Asian Trade and Travel
Exchange Expo (SATTE) 2020 was
held in New Delhi. Expo
was supported by Ministry of Tourism, Government of
India and sponsored by Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Department.
World Hindi Day is celebrated globally
on 10th January every year. The
day is celebrated every year to promote the use of Hindi language worldwide.
Odisha's High-Level Clearance Authority (HLCA) approved
a new greenfield alumina refinery unit.
The project was proposed by Aditya Birla Group-owned
Hindalco Industries.
The third edition of
Prime Minister’s Interaction with school
students, "Pariksha Pe Charcha
2020", will be held at Talkatora
Stadium in New Delhi on 20th of this month.
The Kerala State Health department had issued in
connection with confirmation of H1N1 infection
in Kozhikode district.
India-born author Jasbinder Bilan has bagged a coveted UK children's book award for her debut novel.
M Nagaraj has been appointed
the company’s Chairman and Managing Director of State-owned Housing and Urban Development Corporation
(Hudco).
Veteran Odissi
Danseuse Minati Mishra passed
away. In 2012 she
was honoured with the Padma
Shri.
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