Top 50 July Month Current Affairs 2020
- The Union Government has issued a certificate of GI registration for Saffron grown in the Kashmir Valley. With the GI tag, Kashmir Saffron will acquire more prominence in the export market and would help the farmers get a better remunerative price.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the keynote address at the India Ideas Summit. The two-day Summit which began yesterday is being hosted by the US-India Business Council. This year marks the 45th anniversary of the formation of the Council. The theme for this year’s India Ideas Summit is ‘Building a Better Future’.
- Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal launched ‘Manodarpan’,an initiative under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, to provide psychosocial support to students for their mental health and well-being.
- Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced that Poba Reserve forest in Dhemaji districtof Assam would be upgraded to a wildlife sanctuary in the coming days.
- In Uttar Pradesh, now people can directly call 112in case of any eventuality related to fire, ambulance, railway police and disaster relief services.
- Madhya Pradeshhasemerged on top in implementing the Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atma Nirbhar Nidhi-PM SwaNidhi scheme. The scheme is being implemented in the state to help the street vendors to continue their business.
- Chhattisgarhorganises India’s firste-Lok Adalat due to COVID-19.
- Indian Railways will be the largest Railway in the world to have 100 per cent electrification replacing diesel. It will be the world’s first Green Railways running on 100 per cent clean energyby 2030.
- BLUIS (BHUBANESWAR LAND USE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM)is the flagship development of GA & PG Dept , Odisha under which a web and mobilebased solution has been developed to monitor changes in all government lands in Bhubaneswar by leveraging high resolution satellite imagery, thus making Odisha the first state in the country to tap space technology and Artificial Intelligence for safeguarding government lands.
- World Bank will provide 400 million dollars to enhance support for rejuvenating the Ganga. The Second National Ganga River Basin Project will help stem pollution in the river and strengthen the management of the river basin.
- Microsoft and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) partnered to provide digital skills to more than 1 lakh youth in the country over the next 12 months amid the covid-19 crisis.
- The Government and the World Bank today signed a 750 million US dollar agreement for the MSME Emergency Response Programme. It aims at supporting increased flow of finance into the hands of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) which are severely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation Asia’s largest750 MW Rewa Ultra-Mega Solar plants in Madhya Pradesh.
- The World Bank has approved a five-year loan to the Namami Gange project worth ₹3,000 crore ($400 million) to develop and improve infrastructure projects to abate pollution in the river basin.
- Indian Railways created another record by operating the longest freight train. Indian Railways named it as ‘SeshNaag’.
- Uttar Pradeshchief minister Yogi Adityanath launched the ambitious piped water project ”Har Ghar Jal” that means water to every house for Bundelkhand region. The projects are part of the ”Jal Jeevan Mission” Har Ghar Jal, started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- India and Israelhave jointly developed an ultra rapid testing kit for COVID-19.
- In Madhya Pradesh,the government will now run a Roko -Toko (रोको टोको) means stop and campaign for those who do not wear masks.
- IIT Kanpurdevelops UV sanitizing device ‘SHUDDH’ to make your room COVID free.
- 300 year old Kali templehas been reconstructed in Bangladesh with Indian support. The Sree Sree Joykali Matar temple has been inaugurated at Natore, Bangladesh. The MoU for the reconstruction of the temple at Lalbazar, Natore was signed in 2016. The Government of India provided a grant assistance of Taka 97 lakh for the reconstruction of the historic temple under its High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP).
- Ministry of Earth Sciences launched the mobile App “Mausam”for India Meteorological Department.
- India observed the 21st anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas on July 26to remember its brave martyrs who sacrificed their lives to uphold and safeguard the integrity of the nation.
- Turkmenistanhas been granted Observer status by the World Trade Organization (WTO ) General Council.
- Zealandiais now 8th continent of the world. It is a long, narrow microcontinent that is mostly submerged in the South Pacific Ocean.
- Hardik Satishchandra Shah,a 2010 batch IAS officer has been appointed private secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
