1. National Conference on Kharif crops 2020 held
The National Conference on Kharif crops 2020 was held through video conference to discuss various issues and to list out measures in consultation with the States about their preparedness for Kharif cultivation amid the lockdown situation. The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar addressed the conference and emphasized on achieving the aim of kharif target and take up doubling of farmers’ income in the mission mode.
2. Indian High Commission (UK) hosts virtual COVID-19 meet for businesses
The Indian High Commission in United Kingdom has organised a virtual roundtable COVID-19 meet for businesses "Covid-19: Issues, Challenges and Way Forward" to address concerns around the economic impact of the coronavirus lockdown in the United Kingdom. The "Covid-19: Issues, Challenges and Way Forward" meet also deliberated on the issues faced by Indian businesses across various sectors such as financial services, hospitality, healthcare, information technology and IT services.
3. Sporting Motorcycle brand 'Norton' acquired by TVS Motor Company
The United Kingdom’s most iconic sporting motorcycle brand ‘Norton’ has been acquired by TVS Motor Company's overseas subsidiary TVS Motor Singapore Pte. Ltd. in an all-cash transaction of £16 million. Norton, a 122 year-old motorcycle company was founded by James Lansdowne Norton in Birmingham and went on to become the most popular British motorcycle brands of all time.
4. CSIR-NAL develops Personal Protective Coverall Suit
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories has developed Personal Protective Coverall Suit in association with MAF Clothing Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. The polyproplylene spun laminated multi-layered non-woven fabric based suit has been developed for the front line health workers i.e. Doctors, Nurses, Paramedical staff and Health Care workers working round the clock on COVID-19 mitigation.
5. DRDO rolls out new products to enable COVID-19 disinfection process
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has rolls out new products namely "Automatic Mist Based Sanitiser Dispensing Unit" and "UV Sanitisation Box and Hand-held UV device" to enable COVID-19 disinfection process. Automatic Mist Based Sanitiser Dispensing Unit is based on water mist aerator technology. UV Sanitisation Box will be used for the purpse of disinfecting personal belongings such as mobile phone, tablets, purse, currency, cover of office files, etc. While the hand held device will be used for disinfecting office and house hold objects such as chairs, files, postal delivered items and food packets.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- Chairman of Defence Research and Development Organisation: G Satheesh Reddy.
- Headquarters of DRDO: New Delhi.