Daily News Update 13 August 2020
- Soma Mondal has been selected as the new Chairperson of the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL).
- India signed a contract with which Maldives country for the development of five eco-tourism zones in Addu city.
- Isher Judge Ahluwalia was the Chairperson of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) for 15 years and has stepped down recently.
- Manitombi Singh, who has recently passed away, was associated with Football sport.
- NPCI organization has launched a loyalty platform named ‘nth Rewards’.
- The Delhi High Court has allowed the medical termination of pregnancy of a minor rape survivor 22 weeks into her pregnancy, considering the psychological complications. The bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru ordered this after considering the report and found her “under considerable distress”. W.P. (CRL ) 1210/2020 & CRL.M.A. 10669/2020.
- ECONOMIC RELIEF PACKAGE: One lakh loan had been sanctioned for Street Vendors under PM Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme since 2 July and received over five lakh applications for the same, said Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry.
- PARLIAMENT BUILDING: CPWD has shortlisted three companies “The Larsen and Turbo Limited”, The Shapoorji Pallonji & Co Ltd., And The Tata Project Limited” for the NEW PARLIAMENT construction Project to sign secrecy affidavits before submitting their financial bids by 16 September.
- UNION HOME MINISTER’s MEDAL TO 15 CBI INVESTIGATORS: The CBI official has bagged 15 “Union Home Minister’s Medal for excellence in investigation” awards ahead of the Independence Day celebrations.
- A Hizbul Mujahideen Commander and a Solder were killed, while two soldiers were injured when the gunfight took place around 2.30 a.m. in the orchards of Kamrazipora village, Pulwama.
- “ZYDUS CADILA” LAUNCHED “REMDESVIR UNDER REMDEC BRAND”: A drug firm Zydus Cadila has launched Remdesvir to treat a patient suffering from severe symptoms of COVID-19, priced at Rs. 2800 per 100 Mg Vial in India market.
- NEPAL TO SEEK ID CARDS FROM INDIAN VISITORS: Nepal will use the data to better deal with coronavirus (COViD-19) situation said Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, Nepal.
- Congress Party’s national Spokesperson Rajiv Tyagi collapsed and was pronounced dead in Noida Hospital on Wednesday evening after appeared on a TV debate.
- NLU Delhi Professor demoted to Associate Professor for 5 yrs. for ‘misconduct’.
