International Version of UMANG Application launched in selected countries

On November 23, 2020, the Union Information Technology Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the International version of the UMANG application. UMANG is Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance. It was launched in UK, US, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, UAE, Australia, Singapore and New Zealand. The International version was launched on the completion of three years ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Common Service Centres • Digital India • E-governance • Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) • UMANG

Current Affairs – November 24, 2020 [Today’s News Headlines]

Here are Today’s News Headlines for November 24, 2020 India Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi dies Ex-Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi (86) passed away on November 23, 2020. HE served as CM from 2001 to 2016. Kerala Police Act amendment put on hold The Government of Kerala put on hold to the implementation of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: Today's News Headlines

Topics: Current Affairs Headlines • Current Affairs: News Headlines • Headlines • Latest News Headlines • News Headlines • November 24 • Top Headlines

Tarun Gogoi, Ex-Chief Minister of Assam passed away

On November 23, 2020, Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of Assam passed away due to post covid-19 complications. Mr Gogoi was diagnosed with COVID-19 in August 2020. He was then administered with the plasma therapy. The blood plasma therapy is a covid-19 treatment where the plasma of recovered covid-19 patient is injected into an active ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News Current Affairs

Topics: Assam • Chief Minister • COVID-19 • Food Processing • Narasimha Rao • plasma therapy • Tai Ahom • Tarun Gogoi

Malaysia hosts APEC Summit

The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation was recently hosted by Malaysia. Several leaders of the cooperation joined the summit. The Summit was attended by the US President Donald Trump as well. The next APEC meeting is to be hosted by New Zealand. Earlier on November 17, 2020, the members of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation held ministerial ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: APEC • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation • Economic growth • Indo-Pacific • Malaysia • Pacific Ocean

NGT directs States to Establish Nodal Agency to protect Water Bodies

The National Green Tribunal recently directed all the states and union territories to designate a nodal agency to protect the water bodies in their regions. The nodal Agencies may hold their meetings under the guidance of chief secretaries of the state. Also, the National Green Tribunal has further directed that the meeting should be held ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: biological oxygen demand • Clean Ganga Mission • Ganges • Namami Gange Programme • Namami Gange Project • National Green Tribunal • National Green Tribunal (NGT) • National Mission for Clean Ganga • River Pollution