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- India participated in a meeting of foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) via video conference.
- It was convened by the current chair, Russia.
- Recently, Indian Army has proposed 3 years of voluntary Tour of Duty (ToD) for civilians on a trial basis - a shift from the concept of permanent service/job towards internship/temporary experience.
- The Army plans to take civilians to serve in the force as both officers and Other Ranks.
- Rebooting the Economy through Science, Technology, and Research Translations (RESTART)’ is a digital conference organized National Technology Day.
- It was organized by the Technology Development Board (TDB), an autonomous organization of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) along with, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
- The New Development Bank of BRICS will be providing USD 1 billion loan to India to fight COVID-19 pandemic as an 'Emergency Assistance Program Loan'.
- Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana government have geared up to provide tap water connections to all the rural households in the area by December 2022, which is ahead of the national goal by 2024-25.
- Both the States presented their plan to the Department of Drinking water & Sanitation of the Jal Shakti Ministry.
- India attended the 32nd Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting through video conferencing.
- Theme is “Delivering a coordinated Commonwealth COVID-19 response”.
- The United Nations recently released the World Economic Situation and Prospects Report, 2020.
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