❇️ * COVID Highlights: * ▪️* More than 4.14 crore tests conducted * ▪️* India crossed 10.55 lakh tests on a single day * ▪️* Recovery rate improves to over 76% *
❇️ * PM reveals the course of the Poshan Maah (Sept); Food & nutrition quiz, as well as meme competition, to be organized on the MyGov portal *
❇️ * PM Modi stresses importance of Atmanirbhar Bharat for all-round growth, development of the nation; Urges Startups to make India world hub for Toy production *
❇️ * PM exhorts students and teachers to bring to fore stories of unsung heroes of freedom struggle *
❇️ * Finance Ministry asks banks to refund charges collected on electronic transactions after 1st Jan, 2020*
❇️ * India wins Gold medal for the first time in Chess Olympiad *
❇️ * IIT students develop an app called ‘FILO’ for JEE/NEET aspirants; this app to help the aspirants in getting their doubts cleared by experts via video calls *
❇️ * Smallest efforts can help in keeping our elders safe & upbeat during these extraordinary circumstances. Let's do our bit for them during this pandemic *