1. Cochin Shipyard Ltd
first marine ambulance built by the Cochin Shipyard for the Fisheries Department
The 22 metre-long marine ambulances cost Rs 6.08 crore each
Vizhinjam harbour in Thiruvananthapuram, Vypeen harbour in Ernakulam and Beypore harbour in Kozhikode to get marine ambulances
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate Pratheeksha, the first marine ambulance acquired by the state fisheries department
Pratheeksha will be stationed at Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram, Prathyasa and Karunya will be stationed at Vypeen and Beypore in Kozhikode
2. Ms. Rekha Sharma
National Commission for Women Ms. Rekha Sharma assumed the charge of Chairperson, National Commission for Women on August 7, 2018
3.V Ramagopal Rao
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has set up an expert panel to review the charter of its laboratories and minimise the overlap of its technologies.
DRDO chief G Satheesh Reddy has constituted the five-member committee under the chairmanship of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi director V Ramagopal Rao and asked the panel to submit its report within 45 days
4. Jan 01,2020
Headed by the Chief of Defence Staff(CDS), the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) provides integration between the armed forces of the Union and the Defence Ministry.
First & Current CDS - Bipin Rawat
DMA formed on - Jan 01,2020
5.more than 50 employees.
The Open API Service of Aarogya Setu, addresses the risk of COVID-19 infections and will assist businesses and the economy to return to normalcy.
The new service can be availed by organizations and business entities, which are registered in India with more than 50 employees.
Since its launch on 2 April,2020, the app is the most downloaded contact tracing app in the world, with more than 15 crore users.
6. AstroSat
India’s multi-wavelength orbiting telescope, AstroSat, has detected light from a galaxy, called AUDFs01, in the extreme-ultraviolet (UV) light. The galaxy is 9.3 billion light years away from Earth.
ASTROSAT is India’s first dedicated multi wavelength space observatory
AstroSat with a lift-off mass of 1515 kg was launched on September 28, 2015 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
7. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has completed six years .The scheme was launched on 28th of August in 2014 with an aim to provide universal access to banking facilities to the people in the country.
About eight crore PMJDY account holders are receiving Direct Benefit Transfer from the Government under various schemes.
8.UMANG
The National e-Governance Division (NeGD) on Wednesday sign MoU with CSC e-Governance Services India to facilitate delivery of UMANG app services through Common Service Centres (CSCs)
the services on UMANG app will be available to citizens through the network of 3.75 lakh CSCs
will enable citizens to avail e-governance services of 140 departments through the UMANG App
UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) app provides a single platform to access pan India e-governance services
9.DGNCC
Shri Rajnath Singh launched the Directorate General National Cadet Corps, DGNCC Mobile Training App which will assist in conducting countrywide online training of NCC cadets.
10.India
India withdrew from multilateral Military Exercise Kavkaz 2020 to be held in Russia from 15th to 26th September.
