Page-15 of Current Affairs - July, 2020

NFRA bans CA Udayan Sen from Auditing for 7 years

July 23, 2020

The National Financial Reporting Authority has taken stringent action against a high-profile chartered accountant with the Big 4 Audit Firms, Udayan Sen, for his role as engagement partner in the statutory audit of ILFS Financial Services Limited. The authority has ..

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Siddi Community Gets First Lawmaker in Karnataka

July 23, 2020

Karnataka governor Vajubhai Bala has nominated the first-ever lawmaker from the Siddi community, to the Legislative Council of the state. The governor has nominated Shantharama  Budna Siddi for the post along with five other persons. Shantharama is a social worker ..

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Odisha Govt. Renames Village after Folk Song

July 23, 2020

The Odisha Government has announced renaming Bilung Village in the Bamra Tehsil of Sambalpur District to ‘Rangabati Bilung’ after the popular folk song ‘Rangabati.’ This is in order to recognize the creativity of the great lyricist of the popular folk ..

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PM Modi to lay Foundation Stone for Manipur Water Supply Project

July 23, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to lay the foundation stone for the Manipur Water Supply Project to provide water connection to all the households in the state. This is in addition to the Jal Jeevan Mission already undergoing in ..

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Russia to get Frigates with Hypersonic Weapons by 2025-26

July 23, 2020

The Russian Navy is going to get two Project 22350 frigates – Admiral Yumashev and Admiral Spiridonov – equipped with hypersonic weapons by 2025-26. The ships are being built by the United Shipbuilding Corporation of Russia. These two proposed frigates ..

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NASA Mission to make it Possible to Hear Sound from Mars

July 23, 2020

The Perseverance Rover from NASA is going to fulfil a long-pending wish of mankind to hear sounds from the red planet, Mars. Eight missions so far have returned from the planet with pictures and images but not a single mission ..

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UNGA to Go Virtual, First Time in 75 years

July 23, 2020

The United Nations has decided to hold the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2020 in the virtual mode in the wake of the deadly coronavirus in all the parts of the world. The leaders from all the 193 member ..

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High-Tech Poly Houses Constructed in J & K to boost Vegetable Cultivation

July 23, 2020

The Jammu and Kashmir Government has constructed new high-tech poly-houses in Srinagar in order to boost the cultivation of vegetables in the UT. These high-tech houses have been constructed under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana Program sponsored by the central ..

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Medium Term Growth in India to Remain Undisturbed: IHS Markit

July 23, 2020

A study published by IHS Markit has projected that the medium-term growth outlook for India is to remain favourable, even though the gross domestic product will tumble in the current financial year due to the coronavirus-induced recession in the country. ..

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TikTok banned on Government Devices in the US

July 23, 2020

The US Senate Panel has approved a bill with the condition that the US Federal employees will not be allowed to use the China-owned mobile video application, TikTok, effective immediately. The bill coming from Senator Josh Hawley was passed unanimously ..

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