Top 50 July Month Current Affairs 2020
- Hichem Mechichihas been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Tunisia.
- Archana Soreng,a climate activist from India, has been named by UN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres to his new advisory group comprising young leaders.
- Andrzej Dudahas been re-elected as president of Poland.
- JeanCastex replaced Édouard Philippe as French prime minister
- Gudni Johannessonhas been re-elected as the President of Iceland.
- ISRO chiefDr Kailasavadivoo Sivan named as the recipient of the 2020 Von Karman Award of the International Academy of Astronautics. The award will be conferred in March 2021 in Paris.
- Former Reserve Bank of India governor CRangarajan was conferred with the lifetime achievement award for his contribution to statistics on the occasion of Statistics Day.
- World Hepatitis Dayis commemorated each year on 28 July to enhance awareness of viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver that causes a range of health problems, including liver cancer. This year’s theme is “Hepatitisfree future.
- International Tiger Dayis celebrated on 29th of July every year across the globe to create awareness about tiger conservation. India has 2,967 tigers as per the latest Tiger Census.
- World Population Day is observed on 11 july.Theme 2020 – How to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls now.
- Indiaannounces 400 million dollar currency swap for Sri Lanka.
- Alphabet’s Googlewill buy a 7.7% stake for $4.5 billion in Jio
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that his government has approved ‘Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana’.The scheme will help the eligible beneficiaries get ration delivered at home.
- Chhattisgarh launched Godhan Nyay Yojana – Under the Godhan Nyay scheme, the Chhattisgarh government will procure cowdung at Rs 2 per kilogram from livestock owners and use it to prepare organic fertilizers. Women self-help groups will prepare Vermi-compost using the cowdung procured under the scheme. This Vermi-compost will be sold at the rate of Rs 8 per kg.
- Odisha government launched, ‘Balaram Yojana’ to provide crop loans to landless farmers. Under the new scheme the landless cultivators will get loans through joint liability groups (JLGs).
- Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa launched Weavers Sammaan Yojana .Under this scheme, 19,744 handloom weavers in the state will get annual financial assistance of two thousand rupees through Direct Benefit Transfer.
- Amid the ongoing border dispute between India and China, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)has provided its indigenously developed drone – Bharat – to the Indian Army to conduct accurate surveillance in high altitude areas and mountainous terrain along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh.
- Indian Navy undertook a passing exercise with the US Navy in the Indian Ocean Region.US Navy carrier strike group, led by USS Nimitz and Indian Navy conducted the maritime drills – PASSEX, which aims at further enhancing interoperability between Navies of both the countries.
- The Israeli government launched a reconnaissance satellite – Ofek 16on Monday, using a Shavit-2 rocket into low Earth
- Indiahas been ranked 34th on Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI). The index is topped by UK.
- India has been placed at 117th in SDG index 2020with a score of 61.92 The index is topped by Sweden followed by Denmark and Finland.
- Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wonthe Styrian Grand Prix of Formula One. Valtteri Bottas took second spot.
- Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas wonFormula One‘s season opening Austrian Grand Prix.
- South Korea’s first-ever military communications satellite– ANASIS-II has been successfully launched by private operator SpaceX., It is aimed at increasing its defence capabilities.
- UAE launches its first space missionto Mars from Japan – UAE’s launched spacecraft Hope Probe for Mars from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan.
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