Top GKToday’s News Headlines-8 July 2020

July 8, 2020

Here are the Top GKToday’s News Headlines-8 July 2020

SC gives one more month to Centre for giving permanent commission to all women officers in Army
CBSE syllabus for classes 9 to 12 reduced by 30% during the 2020-21 academic year due COVID-19 disruptions
World Bank provides $400 million loan for the Namami Gange programme to help build infrastructure and institutions needed for rejuvenating river Ganga
Assam to upgrade the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary into National Park

All Customs stations would set up Turant Suvidha Kendras (TSKs) by July 15: CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs)
New equipment inducted into CRCL (Central Revenues Control Laboratory) to enhance in-house testing capability of Customs
Injeti Srinivas appointed Chairman of IFSCA (International Financial Services Centres Authority)
JLL’s Global Real Estate Transparency Index: India 34th, UK first among 99 countries
Face masks, hand sanitisers no more under Essential Commodities Act: Government

4th edition of virtual Ministerial on Climate Action held; Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar calls upon developed countries to fulfill commitments of providing financial and technological support to developing countries
4th highest seizure of opium in 2018 reported from India (4 tonnes) after Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan: UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
World Zoonoses Day observed on July 6; diseases transmitted from animals to humans are called zoonotic