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June 16 , 2020 1551 days 1137 0
  • The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar launched Shahakar Mitra: Scheme on Internship Programme, an initiative by National Cooperative Development Cooperation (NCDC).
    • The scheme has been launched to assist the cooperative institutions to access innovative ideas of young professionals.
  • The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has given its approval to cover Telemedicine under the medical insurance policies.
  • India’s 800 m runner Gomathi Marimuthu handed four-year ban for doping.
    • She will be stripped off the gold medal she won at the Asian Athletics Championships last year.
  • The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has become of the first construction sector organization to go fully digital.
    • It has been transformed into online portal completely through the Data Lake and Project Management Software. 
  • The Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur recently launched the Panchvati Yojana for senior citizens in the rural areas of the state.
    • The scheme aims to help the senior citizens spend their leisure time in these gardens and parks.
  • The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy recently launched “Jagananna Chedodu” scheme. 
    • The scheme is to provide financial assistance of 1000 rupees to barbers, tailors and washer men.
  • The E-Commerce giant Amazon banned the use of its software “Rekognition” by the police.
    • The software used to quickly compare a picture with the police data bases that holds hundreds of 1000s of photos.
  • The first population estimation exercise of Indian gaur (Indian Bison) was carried out in the Nilgiris forest division in February.
    • It has revealed that more than an estimated 2,000 Indian gaurs inhabit the 300 sq. km range.

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