Page-16 of Current Affairs - July, 2020

US to pay $2 Billion approx. to Pharma Companies for COVID 19 Vaccine

July 23, 2020

The US Government has decided to pay Pfizer and BioNTech SE $1.95 billion to procure 100 million doses of their COVID 19 vaccine being experimented in order to provide the medicine free of cost to the Americans. This comes on ..

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Air India Forms Panel to Identify Employees to be sent on Leave

July 23, 2020
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The government-owned airline carrier Air India has formed a committee in order to kick-start the process of identifying the employees who can be sent on leave without pay for a period of maximum 5 years. The committee is mandated to ..

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Top GKToday’s News Headlines-23 July 2020

July 23, 2020

Top GKToday’s News Headlines-23 July 2020 INDIA 700 MW Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant-3 (KAAP-3) in Gujarat achieves criticality; can now generate power Trials of helicopter-launched anti-tank guided missile Dhruvastra held in Odisha; earlier called Nag missile (HELINA) Actor Sonu Sood ..

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SEBI Constitutes Committee for Financial and Regulatory Technology

July 22, 2020

The securities market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has formed a high-level committee in order to recommend required changes in the financial and regulatory technology in India. It is going to examine the aspects of technology and ..

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Airtel Payments Bank and NSDC Come Together to Skill Rural Youth

July 22, 2020

The National Skill Development Corporation has signed a partnership agreement with Airtel Payments Bank in order to arrange for skill-based training to the youth in the rural areas. The focus will be on enabling them to find suitable opportunities for ..

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Arun Kumar Appointed as Vice-Chairman of International Union of Railways Security Platform

July 22, 2020

Arun Kumar, the Director-General of the Railway Protection Force, has been appointed as the VICE-Chairman of the Security Platform of the International Union of Railways. It has been intimated to the Railway Board by the Director-General of the UIC. Kumar ..

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BS Chauhan Committee Formed to Probe Vikas Dubey Encounter Case

July 22, 2020

The Supreme Court has given its nod to formulate a judicial panel to look into the details of the Vikas Dubey alleged encounter case. The apex court has decided to appoint former SC Judge Justice B S Chauhan to head ..

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Delhi to Conduct Serological Survey on Monthly Basis

July 22, 2020

Delhi Government has announced that it has decided to carry out a serological survey every month on the citizens of the region. In this regard, the Healthy Ministry had released the data for the serological survey conducted in June-July for ..

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Rs 2130 Crores Worth of Water Supply Projects Sanctioned in Punjab

July 22, 2020

The Punjab Government has sanctioned two water supply projects in the state for $285 million or approximately Rs 2130 crores. The project, being aided by World Bank, is aimed for the supply of water in Amritsar and Ludhiana in the ..

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US Lower House Passes Bill to Remove Confederate Names from Military Bases

July 22, 2020

The United States Lower house, the House of Representatives, has passed a $740 billion funding bill aimed at removing the names of the Confederate soldiers and leaders to be scrapped from the American military bases. The US President had threatened ..

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