1. HRD Minister launched ‘YUKTI’ in New Delhi
- YUKTI is a web portal to monitor and record the efforts and initiatives of MHRD.
- The portal intends to cover the different dimensions of COVID-19 challenges in a very holistic and comprehensive way.
2. More than Rs 5,000 Cr transferred to accounts of 7.15 Cr beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujwala Yojana
- PMUY is under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan package.
- There are over 8 crore PMUY beneficiaries in the country.
3. Govt approves ex-gratia compensation for FCI officials in case of death
- FCI = Food Corporation of India.
- The government has approved the proposal for grant of ex-gratia monetary compensation to 1,08,714 workers and officers of the FCI
- Including 80,000 labour who are working round the clock to supply food grains across the country amidst the pandemic.
- Union Minister for Food & Consumer Affairs : Ram Vilas Paswan.
4. Ahmedabad railway station gets sanitizing tunnel
- The Ahmedabad Railway station at Kalupur has become the first in the country to install a walk-through mass sanitizing tunnel.
- It is a pilot project and an attempt to ensure that passengers do not contract the infection.
- It runs on vaporization process that converts sanitizer mixture.
5. Chinese Central Bank’s stake in HDFC crosses 1%; worth around Rs 3000 Cr.
- China’s Central Bank, the People’s Bank of China raised its shareholding in HDFC to over 1%.
- It now has 17.49 million shares or 1.01% of HDFC equity capital, according to BSE.
- HDFC is India’s largest mortgage firm in the private sector.
- HDFC Vice Chairman & CEO : Keki Mistry.
5. Chinese Central Bank’s stake in HDFC crosses 1%; worth around Rs 3000 Cr.
- China’s Central Bank, the People’s Bank of China raised its shareholding in HDFC to over 1%.
- It now has 17.49 million shares or 1.01% of HDFC equity capital, according to BSE.
- HDFC is India’s largest mortgage firm in the private sector.
- HDFC Vice Chairman & CEO : Keki Mistry.
7. Jana Small Finance Bank rolls out digital banking platform
- Jana SFB, a scheduled commercial bank.
- The bank has launched a digital banking platform, DigiGen.
- Where customers can open accounts instantly.
- It is a 3-step process and customers are eligible for a 4.5% interest rates on the savings account.
- MD & CEO : Ajay Kanwal.
- HQ : Bangalore.
- Tagline : Paise ki Kadar.
8. IIT Bombay develops ‘smart stethoscope’ which can hear heartbeats from a distance
- IIT Bombay developed a ‘digital stethoscope’ that can listen to heartbeats from a distance.
- Also heartbeats can be recorded with minimising the risk of healthcare workers from contracting coronavirus.
- It has been developed with inputs from Reliance Hospital and Hinduja Group.
- The IIT-B has received a patent for the device.
9. Former South Africa Test Cricketer Jackie du Preez passes away
- Former South Africa spinner and Zimbabwe selector, John Harcourt du Preez, fondly known as Jackie, has died at the age of 77.
- He was one of the many Zimbabweans to play for South Africa in his country’s pre-independence days.
10. Veteran Congress leader MV Rajasekharan dies at 91
- He was former Union Minister also.
- He was also an agriculturalist and a rural development consultant.
- He represented Kanakapura constituency in Lok Sabha.
- He hails from Ramnagara, Karnataka.
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