1.Alankit Ltd tied up with UTI
• Alankit Ltd, has announced a collaboration with UTI Infrastructure Technology and Services Limited
• Alankit can now provide all the PAN card services to the citizens digitally PAN India list facilitation centers • UTI Infrastructure Technology and Services Limited (UTIITSL) is a Government entity and Financial Service
Provider in India
2.SBI General Insurance: PC Kandpal MD, CEO
SBI General Insurance Company Limited has announced the appointment of Prakash Chandra Kandpal as its new Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
• He was nominated by parent State Bank of India for the position and has been appointed wef 20th July 2020.
• Kandpal has been with SBI General insurance as the Deputy CEO since June 2019.
3.NHPC signed MoU With GEDCOL
• NHPC has inked a MoU with the Green Energy Development Corporation of Odisha Limited (GEDCOL).
• It will form a joint venture for developing floating solar energy projects in the state of Odisha with an initial capacity of 500 MW. • The parties also agreed to explore further postpone of installing floating solar projects after joint identification in subsequent periods in Odisha
4.South Korea launched first military satellite
• Space X has launched South Korea's first military communications satellite into space.
• ANASIS-Il satellite lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the US state of Florida • The launch has made South Korea the 10th country in the world to own a military-only communications satellite which will provide "permanent and secure military communications
5.P Amudha appointed joint secretary in PMO
Senior bureaucrat P Amudha has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and Keshav Chandra as the Director of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO
This is a part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre
Amudha is currently serving as Professor, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) Mussoorie
6.Award
• The Legend of Animation award will be posthumously conferred to the legendary animation director Arnab Chaudhuri.
The award is being presented for his invaluable contribution to the animation and entertainment industry of India
The award was instituted by the Toonz Media Group (TMG) as part of the Animation Masters Summit (AMS) 2020 - Digital Edition
7.CBIC, CBDT signed agreement
• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) have signed a MoU
• This agreement supersedes the MoU signed between CBDT and the erstwhile Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) in the year 2015.
• The agreement will facilitate the sharing of data and information between CBDT and CIT on an automatic and regular basis.
8.Pi Approximation Day: 22 July
• Pi Approximation Day, also known as Casual Pi Day is observed every year on July 22 all around the world
The fraction 22/7 is ari approximate value of Pi.
Here, in the fraction 22/7 which denoted Pi, the numerator 22 symbolizes the date and numerator 7 indicates the month July
• Pi day is observed on March 14 every year all over the world
9.Rear Admiral M S Iqbal: Bangladesh Navy Chief
• Rear Admiral Mohammad Shaheen Iqbal has been appointed as the next Chief of Bangladesh Navy.
Iqbal who is currently serving as the assistant navy chief, will succeed Vice Admiral Aurangzeb Chowdhury who is retiring later in July 2020.
lobo will take on his new role on July 25, 2020. • He did his specialisation in anti-submarine warfare from India.
11.Indian GM Harikrishna won Chess960
• P Harikrishna won the Chess960 event of the 53rd Biel International Chess Festival in Switzerland.
• It is the first major chess tournament taking place over the board since the coronavirus outbreak. • The World No. 26 from Guntur, who is now living in
Prague, scored 5.5 points from seven rounds to top the field of 8 players
12.Rahul Bajaj stepped down from Bajaj Finance
Noted industrialist Rahul Bajaj will step down as Non-Executive Chairman of Bajaj Finance on July 31 2020
• He will be succeeded by Sanjiv Bajaj, currently Vice Chairman
Rahul Bajaj, Non-Executive Chairman of the company has been at the helm of the company since its inception in 1987
• Rahul Bajaj, however, will continue to serve the company as a non-executive non-independent director
13.Shikhar Dhawan signed an agreement
• Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan has signed an exclusive worldwide marketing and management agreement with IMG Reliance,
• Since the launch of the talent management division in 2016, IMG Reliance has enjoyed the momentum ding some of the cricket's most exciting starts to its ro including Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya. Krunal Pandya, Shreyas Iyer.
14.Turkmenistan got observer status in WTO
• Turkmenistan has been granted Observer status by the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council.
• It has become the last former Soviet republic to establish formal ties with the trade body
• Neighbouring Central Asian countries Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Afghanistan have acceded to the WTO, while Uzbekistan has been in on-and-off negotiations on WTO accession since 1994
15.1500 schools to discontinue online education
• In Gujarat, around 1500 self-financed schools have decided to discontinue online education from 23 July
2020. • The decision came after the Education Department issued a notification which restricted self-financed schools from charging fees from the parents until the schools reopen
The school management is also.finding it difficult to pay salaries of teachers and non-teaching staff
16.Actor Sonu Sood launched Pravasi Rojgar app
• In Maharashtra, actor Sonu Sood has launched a free online platform called Pravasi Rojgar!
. It will help migrants find job opportunities in various sectors across the country
• The online platform has over 500 reputed companies related to construction, apparel, health care, engineering, BPOS, security automobile, e-commerce and logistics sectors, offering job opportunities
17.Centre to release over 300 crore rupees
• Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat assured to release an amount of 346 crore rupees immediately to Assam as the first instalment under Flood
Management Programme (FMP).
• This will effectively manage the relief and rehabilitation works in flood-hit Assam.
• Over 26 lakh people have been affected due to the flood in 26 districts and 89 persons have lost their lives so far.
18.Plasma blood bank launched in Chennai
• In Chennai, a plasma blood bank has been launched by the State Health Department to facilitate convalescent plasma therapy to COVID-19 patients
• It has the facility for seven people to donate blood plasma at a time.
• A person can donate 500 ml blood plasma 14 days after recovery from COVID-19 infection provided he or she has no other comorbid condition
19.CCI approved Krishnapatnam port acquisition
The Competition Commission of India has approved acquisition of Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited
the
• The proposed combination envisages acquisition of equity shareholding along in management control of Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited
20.National Broadcasting Day: 23 July
• National Broadcasting Day is observed on 23 July every year
On this day in 1927 the first ever radio broadcast in the
country went on the air from the Bombay Station under a
private company, the Indian Ero dating Company. • On 8th of June, 1936, the Indian State Broadcasting
Service became All India Radio,
• Since 1927 racin has been an important part of people's life in India.
21.SNBNCBS, Kolkata developed respirator mask
S.N. Bose National Centre For Basic Sciences, SNBNCBS, Kolkata, has developed an active respirator mask.
• It has an attached exhalation valve and filter against suspended-particles for comfortable and hygienic breathing
• The active respirator mask is an innovative solution to the problem of rebreathing of carbon dioxide and exhale moisture, inside the mask,
22.FamPay launched numberless card for teenagers
Fampay has recently launched India's first numberless card - FamCard.
FamPay is India's first neo bank for teenagers which allows them to make UPI and P2P transactions through their own unique UPI ID without the need to set up a bank account
• The venture claims that FarCard is just like a debit card, but teens now have the added advantage of a card to make contactless payments independently.
23.Punjab govt signed MoU with IIT Ropar
• Punjab govt has signed a MoU with IIT Ropar.
• The MoU provides for the IIT's technical education dopt to become an academic montor for the state's engineering colleges at Gurdaspur and Ferozepur, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Skill Institute at Chamkaur Sahib, five government polytechnics ed 10 govt ITIS
• The institute will also help the state in developing a model ITI and a model polytechnic
24.Arun Kumar nominated as Vice-Chairman of UIC
· Arun Kumar has been nominated to be the vice-chairman of the Security Platform of the Paris-based Union Internationale Des Chemins/International Union of Railways (UIC).
He is the Director General of the Railway Protection Force (RPF).
Kumar will be working at the prestigious global body, some of whose members are China, japan, Russia among others, for two years, starting 2020.
25.India successfully test fired "Dhruvastra"
• India has successfully conducted 3 fight tests of its indigenously developed anti-tank guided missile Dhruvastra from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur
in Odisha.
• Developed by DRDO, the helicopter-launched anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) is one of the most advanced anti-tank weapons in the world.
• The sophisticated missile was test-fired twice on July 15 and once on July 16, 2020
26.Greta Thunberg named winner of a Prize
• Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been named winner of the inaugural Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity
• She plans to donate her 1 million euro ($1.14 million)
prize to organizations focused on the environment and climate change. • Earlier in April 2020, after winning the Human Act Award, she donated the $100,000 prize money to
UNICEF
27.Sumit Deb appointed CMD of NMDC
• Sumit Deb has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) iron ore mining major of the country,
Deb, at present Director (Personnel) in the NMDC will have tenure till February 28, 2023, e the date of his superannuation.
• He succeeds N Bajendra Kumar who superannuate July 2020 end.
28.Rare yellow turtle discovered in India
•A farmer in eastern India has found a yellow turtle which experts say is the product of albinism.
• Basudev Mahapatra spotted the turtle while he was working in his fields in the village of Sujanpur, in Odisha's Balasore district
The creature's colour is due to albinism.
• It is a congenital disorder and it is characterized by complete or partial absence of tyrosine pigment
29.Victor Chizhikov passed away
• The Russian illustrator Victor Chizhikov, who designed the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics that were boycotted by a slew of countries passed away in July 2020.
• Victor Chizhikov a children's book illustrator, is best known for having created Misha, a brown bear sporting a belt in the colours of the five Olympic rings, for the Moscow Games.
30.Indian Army got 'Bharat' drones
DRDO has provided its indigenously developed drone Bharat - to the Indian Army
• It will help in conducting accurate surveillance in high
altitude areas and mountainous terrain along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh • The drone is equipped with artificial intelligence that helps it to detect friends and enemies and take action accordingly
31.Ola rolled out 'Ola Corporate
• Ola has rolled out its enterprise offering 'Ola Corporate! to Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
• Ola Corporate, which has over 10,000 corporate users
in India, offers enterprise customers reduced travel expenses, and centralised billing system • The Bengaluru-based company ope 250 cities across India, Australia, New Zealand, and the
UK
0 Comments