Current Affairs

11^th June 2022

Andhra Pradesh Govt launches YSR Yantra Seva Scheme

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has on Tuesday launched YSR Yantra Seva Scheme and flagged off the distribution of tractors and combine harvesters at Chuttugunta Centre in Guntur district.

ICICI Bank partners ZestMoney to expand “cardless EMI” facility

India’s ICICI Bank announced that it has partnered with ZestMoney, a digital equated money instalments (EMI)/pay later platform, to expand its “cardless EMI” facility for purchases offline and online. To read more, click here.

Nirmala Sitharaman launches EASE 5.0 'Common reforms agenda' for PSBs

EASE 5.0 'Common reforms agenda' of EASENext program has been developed for Public Sector Banks and was launched through video-conferencing by the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi

India's first COVID-19 vaccine ‘Anocovax’ for animals launched

 Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar  launched the country's first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine Anocovax for animals, developed by Haryana-based ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines. To read more, click here.

N J Ojha appointed as MGNERGA ombudsman

 MS University’s former in-charge registrar and university engineer N J Ojha has been appointed as ombudsman for a period of two years under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNERGA), which is operational in all the eight talukas of Vadodara district.

Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan launches ‘Polyversity’

Information Data Systems (IDS), a Michigan-based IT services and consulting firm, has launched the Bharat Blockchain Network (BBN) (Academic Blockchain Consortium) and Polyversity (Educational Metaverse). To read more, click here.

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates IN-SPACe in Ahmedabad

 Inaugurating the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) headquarters in Bopal, Ahmedabad, the PM termed the launch as a 'watch this space' moment for the Indian space industry as it would be a precursor to many development and opportunities. To read more, click here.

Amandeep Singh Gill appointed as UN chief Guterres' Envoy on Technology

 Senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill has been appointed by United Nations chief as his Envoy on Technology, with the world body describing him as a "thought leader on digital technology". To read more, click here.