On 20th August 2020, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri released the rankings for Swachh Survekshan 2020. The 2020 Survekshan marks the completion of 5th edition of the largest urban sanitation survey. Swachh Survekshan 2020 surveyed a total of 4242 cities, 62 Cantonment Boards and 97 Ganga Towns and saw an unprecedented participation of 1.87 crore […]
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On 20th August 2020, the Union Cabinet chaired by the PM Modi approved creation of National Recruitment Agency (NRA), paving the way for a transformational reform in the recruitment process for central government jobs. NRA will conduct Common Eligibility Test to screen/shortlist candidates for the Group B and C (non-technical) posts and will provide a
In August 2020, there has been news that, India is negotiating with 13 countries, including Australia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, Thailand and Singapore, to establish separate bilateral air bubble arrangements for international flight operations. Further, India already has such agreements with USA, UK, France, Germany, UAE, Qatar and Maldives. This post explains the concept of
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On 7th August 2020, Professor Pradeep Kumar Joshi, member of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Commission since 2015, was appointed as the new UPSC Chairman. His tenure as the chairman of the UPSC will be till May 12, 2021. He will succeed Arvind Saxena who completes his term as UPSC chairman on 7th August 2020.
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Union Minister for MSME, Shri Nitin Gadkari has approved “Khadi Agarbatti Aatmanirbhar Mission” a unique employment generation program proposed by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) to make India Aatmanirbhar in Agarbatti production. The “Khadi Agarbatti Aatmanirbhar Mission” aims at creating employment for unemployed and migrant workers in different parts of the country while increasing
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