Top GKToday’s News Headlines-19 July 2020

July 19, 2020

Central Government allows contributions from any person or institution in NDRF (National Disaster Response Fund)
Renowned mathematician C.S. Seshadri passes away in Chennai at the age of 88

CBDT to start 11-day e-campaign on Voluntary Compliance of Income Tax for FY 2018-19 from July 20
Virtual ministerial meeting of the U.S.-India Strategic Energy Partnership co-chaired by U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and of Steel Dharmendra Pradhan
Railways terminate contract of a Chinese firm for signalling and telecommunication work on 417-km section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor between Kanpur and Mughalsarai (UP)
Income Tax Department rolls out new Form 26AS with an aim to assist Tax payers in filing quick and correct Income Tax Return (ITR)
Civil Aviation Ministry sets up Investment Clearance Cell for prompt clearance of investment proposals
Chennai-based Arudra Engineering claims ownership of trademark ‘Coronil’ – also the name of Covid-19 medicine from Patanjali Ayurved

Finance Minister. Nirmala Sitharaman attends the 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting
John Lewis, pioneer of civil rights movement and longtime U.S. Congressman, dies at 80
New blood test to trace coronavirus in 20 minutes developed at the Monash University in Melbourne, Australia
Nelson Mandela International Day observed on July 18; marks birth anniversary of South Africa’s first non-white President