Top GKToday’s News Headlines-24 July 2020

July 24, 2020

Govt. approves grant of permanent commission to Short Service Commissioned (SSC) women officers in all streams of the Indian Army
NITs, all other centrally-funded technical institutes to drop Class 12 marks criteria: HRD Minister
India to boost Rafale capabilities with HAMMER missiles from France via emergency order
HRD Ministry conducts 1st Indian Scholastic Assessment (Ind-SAT) Test 2020 under its Study in India programme; close to 5000 foreign students appeared
National Broadcasting Day observed on July 23
India’s first radio broadcast was from Bombay Station under the Indian Broadcasting Company on July 23, 1927

Union MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari launches mentoring platform www.restartindia.in conceptualised by Muthoot Fincorp and INKtalks
First-ever container cargo from Kolkata via Bangladesh port reaches Agartala: MEA
Gujarat: Shamalbhai Patel unanimously elected new chairman of Amu brand owner GCMMF (Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation)
Karur Vysya Bank Ltd. (KVB) appoints Ramesh Babu Boddu as new MD & CEO
India’s CuraSigna to make NASA-designed ventilators VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally)
Shares of Rossari Biotech list at significant premium against its issue price after successful initial public offering (IPO)
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal participates in the 10th BRICS Trade Ministers virtual meeting

Bangladesh: High Commissioner Riva Ganguly Das inaugurates India-funded school building in Chattogram
China launches first Mars probe ‘Tianwen 1’ (Quest for Heavenly Truth 1) from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site
Trump launches ‘Operation Legend’ to send federal agents to more U.S. cities to fight violent crime
Facebook rolls out ‘App Lock’ for Messenger to protect users’ privacy
Annie Ross, jazz singer and actress, dies at 89 in New York