Top GKToday’s News Headlines-29 July 2020
Top GKToday’s News Headlines-29 July 2020
INDIA
- Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launches India Report on Digital Education 2020
- Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, (DIAT) Pune develops Medical Bed Isolation System named ‘Aashray’ to combat spread of COVID-19
- India’s tiger population is 2967 (70% of the global tiger population): Prakash Javadekar
- Bombay Flying Club becomes country’s first DGCA-approved drone training school
- Retired Squadron Leader Dalip Singh Majithia, oldest living IAF fighter pilot, turns 100
- World Hepatitis Day event organised at Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in New Delhi
- ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attends 5th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
- SBI Card, IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) launch co-branded card on RuPay
WORLD
- World Hepatitis Day observed by WHO on July 28; theme: “Hepatitis-free future”
- World Nature Conservation Day celebrated on July 28
- India’s Archana Soreng named by UN Secretary-General to his Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
- UK, India to collaborate in 8 mn pounds-anti-microbial resistance research
- New Zealand suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong
SPORTS
- England’s Stuart Broad becomes 7th bowler in the history of Test cricket to scalp 500 wickets in his 140th test
- England beat West Indies in final test at Old Trafford, Manchester; win series 2-1
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020