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Coronavirus has caused a panic situation across the world and everyone is impacted by it: children, adults, old age people from all walks of life. On government advice and for our own safety we have to stop gathering in groups and avoid crowded places for quite some time into the future.

Colleges, universities, coaching centers, malls, theatres, markets, etc are closed. Offices are allowing work from home to safeguard employees and also the business has to carry on.

Your beloved Adda247 teachers, content experts and all tech, product, support teams are also working 24×7 from home to ensure studies don’t suffer.  These are all necessary steps to stop the spread of Coronavirus.

Amidst all this how do students who are still at school continue their learning? They and their parents are worried about the future in this uncertain scenario. Students at this level still need lots of active guidance from teachers as this stage defines their next journey into the colleges too.

Adda247 has been preparing students to get government jobs for 10+ years and more than 10 crore students have interacted with our platforms during this time. Success stories of lakhs of our students make us happy and bring more energy in our team for putting in more effort.

In these tough times, we want to help students who are in these critical years of the school from class 9th – 12th. First focus for us is our Hindi speaking students in non-metro areas.
You may have brothers and sisters in those classes, or in your neighborhood, who reach out to you for guidance. This is the time you get them on your trusted platform Adda247 for continuing their studies online.

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Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has stated that Sanitary napkin makers will be asked to supply a biodegradable bag with each napkin from January 2021. The possibility of getting infected because of handling used Sanitary Napkins thrown in the garbage was brought to notice by many of the women garbage collectors. That’s why Environment Ministry has taken the decision to ask Makers of Sanitary Napkins to provide biodegradable bags so that Napkins can be wrapped in these bags before being thrown in the garbage.

Javadekar announced that the sanitation norms for Corporations and municipalities will now be applied to villages with a population of more than three thousand.

Most Important Takeaways for Upcoming Competitive Exams:

  • Prakash Javadekar is present Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.
  • Prakash Javadekar is Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra.

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Chief Secretary of Punjab, Karan Avtar Singh has launched a mobile application, COVA Punjab. COVA stands for Corona Virus Alert. This app has been developed by the Department of Government Reforms and Public Grievances in consultation with the Health and Family Welfare Department to spread awareness by sharing various travel and preventive care advisories.

The app would inform people to check out for symptoms as provided by the government from time to time and follow the advisory given thereafter. The app also suggests the nearest hospital and nodal officer of the district where the patient can reach in case he/she is symptomatic. The app was available at Android Playstore and iOS app store with name COVA Punjab.

Most Important Takeaways for Upcoming Competitive Exams:

  • Captain Amarinder Singh is Chief Minister of Punjab.
  • VP Singh Badnore is Governor of Punjab.

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani was sworn in for a second term as his rival Abdullah Abdullah held a parallel inauguration that could plunge the country deeper into crisis ahead of peace talks with the Taliban.

The oath-taking ceremony of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was attended by hundreds of people, including visiting foreign dignitaries, diplomats, and senior political figures. Ghani was declared as the winner of the election held in September 2019.

Most Important Takeaways for Upcoming Competitive Exams:

  • Afghan afghani is the currency of Afghanistan.
  • Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan.

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Moody’s Investors Service stated that G-20 countries are expected to grow by 2.1% in 2020. Moody’s cuts 0.3 percentage points lower than its previous forecast, as the global spread of the coronavirus, is resulting in simultaneous supply and demand shocks. It cautioned that global recession risks have risen.

The global credit rating agency is expecting these shocks to materially slow economic activity, particularly in the first half of this year (2020). The G-20 grouping includes advanced economies such as the US, Euro area, Japan, Germany, and the UK, and emerging economies such as China, India, Brazil, Russia, and Mexico.

Most Important Takeaways for Upcoming Competitive Exams:

  • Moody’s Corporation is an American business and financial services company.
  • The Headquarters of Moody’s is in New York, USA.
  • The G20 is the premier forum for international economic cooperation.

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Former Union Law Minister and Congress veteran Hans Raj Bhardwaj died after a cardiac arrest. Hans Raj Bhardwaj was 83. Hans Raj Bhardwaj was born in Garhi Sampla village in Rohtak district of Haryana. He was a Rajya Sabha member for five terms from April 1982 to June 2009.

Bhardwaj was the union law minister for 14 years and served under the prime ministership of Rajiv Gandhi, PV Narasimha Rao, and Dr. Manmohan Singh. He was appointed the governor of Karnataka in 2009. It was during Bhardwaj’s tenure as law minister that Bofors-accused Ottavio Quattrocchi was given a clean chit by then UPA government in 2009.

 

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The Central Government is implementing the flagship programme Poshan Abhiyan for improving the nutritional status of Indian citizens. This programme helps children, adolescents, pregnant women, and lactating mothers by leveraging technology.

The importance of being given to the programme is evident from the fact that as many as 14 Central Departments and all the State Governments are being involved in the programme. Tamil Nadu tops the list of the states in terms of the number of participants in the programme. The Integrated Child Development Scheme has been in force for long in the southern state that has got rejuvenated with the Centre’s Poshan Abhiyaan mission.

The programme is revitalizing India by reaching out to the children and mothers across the nation.

Most Important Takeaways for Upcoming Competitive Exams:

  • Poshan Abhiyan is a government mission to ensure the nutrition of children, women, and pregnant mothers in impoverished areas.
  • Banwarilal Purohit is the present governor and Edappadi K Palanisamy is Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

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According to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the exercise of consolidation of 10 public sector banks (PSBs) into four is on course and the merger will come into effect from the new financial year 1st April 2020. The Union Cabinet has given a go-ahead for the merger proposal. The Central government has been in regular touch with these banks. Finance Minister stated that the merger of Public Sector Banks’ merger is on course and decisions have already been taken by the respective bank boards.

In the biggest consolidation exercise in the banking sector, the union government in August 2019 had announced four major mergers of public sector banks, bringing down their total number to 12 from 27 in 2017.

As per the plan, PSBs will be merged into:-

1. United Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce will be merged with Punjab National Bank
2. Syndicate Bank will be merged with Canara Bank
3. Allahabad Bank will be amalgamated with Indian Bank
4. Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank will be consolidated with Union Bank of India

The Plan had been first publicly mooted in December 2018 when Central Bank of India (RBI) stated that India could create some global banking majors if the then ongoing mergers of some state-owned banks achieve the desired impact of creating stronger and well-capitalized lenders of international level.

In 2019, Mumbai based Dena Bank and Bengaluru based Vijaya Bank were merged with Bank of Baroda. Prior to this, the central government had merged five associate banks of State Bank of India and Bharatiya Mahila Bank with the State Bank of India effective from 1st April 2017.

Important Takeaways for Upcoming Competitive Exams-

  • Headquarters of Punjab National Bank: New Delhi.
  • Chief Executive Officers of Punjab National Bank: SS Mallikarjuna Rao
  • Headquarters of Canara Bank: Bengaluru
  • Chief Executive Officers of Canara Bank: Lingam Venkat Prabhakar
  • Headquarters of Indian Bank: Chennai
  • Chief Executive Officers of Indian Bank: Padmaja Chunduru
  • Headquarters of Union Bank of India: Mumbai
  • Chief Executive Officers of Union Bank of India: Rajkiran Rai G

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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has launched the ‘5G Hackathon’ in association with the government of India, academia and industry stakeholders. The aim of 5G Hackathon is shortlisting India’s focused cutting edge ideas that can be converted into workable 5G products and solutions.

The Hackathon will be spread across three phases. The event will culminate in a grand felicitation ceremony at India Mobile Congress on 16 October 2020. Winners of the various phases of the 5G Hackathon will share a total prize pool of Rs. 2.5 crore.

The 5G technology provides quantum leap over 4G in terms of speed, peak data rate, latency, spectrum efficiency, and connection density. The Hackathon will convert innovating ideas into products and solutions in different verticals and develop India specific use cases around 5G.

The 5G Hackathon is open to developers, students, start-ups, SMEs, academic institutions and registered companies in India and Non-resident Indians (NRIs). All Stakeholders can participate as individuals or as a team to present use cases for the 5G network in the Indian context.

Important Takeaways for Upcoming Competitive Exams-

  • The DoT is a department of the Ministry of Communications of the executive branch of the Government of India.
  • Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao is Minister of State for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology.

Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar has resigned. Mr. Varadkar staying on as interim leader while the country’s three main parties battle out deadlocked coalition talks after an inconclusive election. Mr. Varadkar has conveyed to the president his resignation from the office. “In accordance with the constitution, the (Prime Minister) and the government will continue to carry on their duties until successors have been appointed.

Important Takeaways for Upcoming Competitive Exams-

  • Dublin is the capital of Ireland.
  • Michael D Higgins is President of Ireland.
  • Official currency of Ireland- Euro

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