Top GKToday’s News Headlines-18 July 2020

July 18, 2020

India lifted 271 mn people out of multidimensional poverty between 2005-06 and 2015-16: UN report
ARCI, Hyderabad and Vehant Technologies, Noida co-develop KritiScan® UV Baggage Disinfection System for use in airports, railway and bus stations
ARCI: International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials
P. Praveen Siddharth appointed Private Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind

PM SVANidhi (PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi) app launched by Housing & Urban Affairs Ministry to enable micro-credit facility for street vendors at their door steps
Govt. defers timeline for introducing private trains to March 2024 instead of April 2023: Railway Board Chairman V. K. Yadav
Tamil Nadu was India’s top investment destination in Q1 of 2020-21, accounted for 18.63% of investments: Projects Today
Moratoriums on payment of instalments on term loans don’t apply to MFs, debentures: Bombay HC
India and Bhutan launch new trade route between Jaigaon in West Bengal and Ahllay in Bhutan
TDSAT (Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal) sets aside TRAI’s order blocking Vodafone-Idea’s premium tariff plan RedX
SC extends by 3 months the tenure of TDSAT’s (Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal) Chairperson Justice Shiva Kirti Singh
India’s foreign exchange reserves climb $ 3.1 bn to record high of $516.362 bn in the week to July 10
RBI approves reappointment of Shyam Srinivasan as MD & CEO of Federal Bank till September 22, 2021

PM Modi delivers keynote address virtually at this year’s High-Level Segment of ECOSOC (United Nations Economic and Social Council) session at the UN in New York
World Emoji Day celebrated on July 17; celebration started by Jeremy Burge, the creator of Emojipedia
UN designates Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group’s leader Noor Wali Mehsud as a global terrorist