Page-14 of Current Affairs - July, 2020

Five Point Agenda for GIFT City to make it Credible Jurisdiction

July 24, 2020

According to the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, the government is working on a five-point reform proposal in which it is being seen that IFSC in Gujarat does not turn out to become a tax haven in the ..

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West Bengal Tops the List for Performance Assessment for States: AIFF

July 24, 2020

The All India Football Federation has carried out the performance assessment test for the football associations in the states. In this, Indian Football Association (IFA), West Bengal, has come at the top of the rankings whereas Western Indian Football Association ..

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First-ever INDSAT Exam held under ‘Study in India’ Program

July 24, 2020

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has recently conducted the first-ever Indian Scholastic Assessment (IND-SAT) Test 2020 under its flagship ‘Study in India’ Program. Around 5000 students from countries such as Nepal, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, ..

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Top GKToday’s News Headlines-24 July 2020

July 24, 2020

Top GKToday’s News Headlines-24 July 2020 INDIA 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 ..

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Second National-Level Plasma Bank Inaugurated in Tamil Nadu

July 23, 2020

The second national-level plasma bank was opened in Tamil Nadu with an estimated cost of Rs 2.34 crores and it has been inaugurated by the Tamil Nadu government on July 23. It is the second facility after the first one ..

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2.2% of Digital Payment Market will be contributed by India by 2023: PwC Report

July 23, 2020

A study conducted by the Payments Council of India and management consulting group PricewaterhouseCoopers has estimated that around 2.2% of the world’s digital payments market will be controlled by India by the year 2023 and the financial value of such ..

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North Korea Most Unsafe for Nuclear Material Safety: NTI Report

July 23, 2020

According to a report published by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a Washington-based group working to curb the threat of nuclear terrorism and accidents, North Korea ranked the last among the 22 countries reviewed in terms of the security of its ..

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UK Organization to Conduct First-Ever British-Indian Census

July 23, 2020

The India League, a UK-based diaspora group which was established in 1916, announced the launch of a first-ever British Indian Census to collect data points around Britain’s estimated 1.5 million Indian-origin population. This will be conducted completely online in collaboration ..

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First Mars Mission Launched by China

July 23, 2020

China has successfully launched its first-ever Mars probe on July 23 with the objective of complete orbiting, landing and roving in a single mission so that it can take an ambitious step towards the planetary exploration of the solar system. ..

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Dr. Dangs Lab to Partner with Bharat Biotech for Human Trials of Covaxin

July 23, 2020

The Delhi-based private laboratory, Dr Dangs Lab, has announced that they have been selected as the central laboratory for human clinical trials of Covaxin, which is touted as the first-ever indigenous vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the ..

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