Top GKToday’s News Headlines-26 July 2020

July 26, 2020

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan tests positive for coronavirus
Saffron grown in Kashmir gets Geographical Indication certification
India-European Union Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation renewed for next five years (2020-2025)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) allows exemption of Rs 220 cr to Tata Education & Development Trust
DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) extends the mandatory air fare band by 3 more months until November 24
India-UK hold 14th Joint Economic and Trade Committee meeting; co-chaired by Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and UK Secretary of State for International Trade Elizabeth Truss
RBI signs documents to extend $400 mn currency swap facility to Sri Lanka till November 2022
First Container train for Bangladesh flagged off from Kolkata; to arrive in Benapole on July 26
TRIFED signs MoU with IIT, Delhi for Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA); 2600+ institutions to help TRIFED skill tribals for livelihoods

US govt. to allow export of drones that fly at speeds below 800 km per hour to friendly countries
U.S. says no new foreign students for all-online classes
Vietnam bans all imports of wildlife dead or alive