Current Affairs - July, 2020

Selection Committee for National Sports Awards 2020 constituted

July 31, 2020

The Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs has announced the constitution of the committee for selection of the recipients of the National Sports Awards 2020. The 12-member committee has been mandated a single committee to pick up the awardees ..

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First-ever EU cyber sanctions imposed on Russian, Chinese, North Korean agents

July 31, 2020

The European Union has imposed its first-ever sanctions over cyber-attacks, slapping them on alleged Russian military agents, Chinese cyberspies and organizations including a North Korean firm. Details of Sanctions The six people and three groups hit with sanctions include Russia’s ..

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ITBP partners with KVIC to procure products for its personnel

July 31, 2020

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police has signed a deal with the KVIC in order to procure a variety of ‘swadeshi’ and ‘khadi’ goods for around 10 lakh personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces. The force will procure 1200 quintals of ..

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Directorate of Cashew Research launches ‘Cashew India’ application

July 31, 2020

The Directorate of Cashew Research at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka has developed the ‘Cashew India’ app for farmers and other stakeholders of cashew in India. Available in 11 languages, this app can be downloaded from Google Play ..

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Facebook and Google to pay for news in Australia, for the first time in the world

July 31, 2020

In a first of its kind move, Australia has made it mandatory that tech giants Google and Facebook will have to pay the media outlets in the country for the news content used by these companies. This is aimed at ..

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Govt. to spend ₹ 11.85 crore for funding 112 agri start-ups this year

July 31, 2020

The Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has announced that the government will fund 112 start-ups in the country in order to promote agricultural firms, with an amount of Rs 11.85 crores. Highlights The funds will be given to the start-ups ..

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6th BRICS Environment Ministers’ Meeting held

July 31, 2020

The 6th meeting of the BRICS Environment Ministers took place via video conferencing under the Presidency of Russia. All the BRICS nations, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa joined the meeting. Highlights The Union Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar, represented ..

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Anniversary of law against instant Triple Talaq observed as Muslim Women’s Rights Day

July 31, 2020

The Muslim Women’s Rights Day is observed on July 31 throughout the nation in order to commemorate the first anniversary of the law passed against instant triple Talaq within the Muslim community. The Union Ministers have also addressed the Muslim ..

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