BST 07-2 (11 July 2020 to 20 July 2020 CA PDF)

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11 July 2020 to 20 July 2020

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 Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loong re-elected, as governing party PAP wins 14th parliamentary elections
 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed Hemang Amin, the Chief Operating Officer
of the Indian Premier League, as the interim chief executive officer (CEO) of the Indian cricket board.
This appointment comes after BCCI accepted the resignation of Rahul Johri as the BCCI CEO recently.
 Incumbent President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, wins re-election
 Gurbux Singh and Palash Nandy to be conferred with Mohun Bagan Ratna Award 2020
 Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa appointed as new Vice-President of ADB
 Indian-Origin Chandrikapersad ‘Chan’ Santokhi, Takes over as President of ‘Suriname’
 Prime Minister of Tunisia Elyes Fakhfakh resigns
 SportsAdda ropes in former Australian pacer and legend Brett Lee as brand ambassador
 Shiv Nadar Retires, Daughter Roshni Nadar takes over as new Chairman of HCL Technologies
 Ossouka Raponda appointed as first woman Prime Minister of Gabon
 RBI Approves reappointment of Shyam Srinivasan as MD & CEO of Federal Bank

 Skill Development Ministry Launches AI-based portal ASEEM to bridge Demand-Supply gap of Skilled
Workforce
‘Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM)’ portal
 International Centre of Automotive Technology (ICAT) develops Automotive technology e-portal
‘ASPIRE’
ASPIRE (Automotive Solutions Portal for Industry, Research and Education) will act as a one stop
solution, for the various stakeholders from the Indian auto industry like automotive OEMs, Tier 1 Tier 2
& Tier 3 companies, R&D institutions and academia (colleges & universities), to come other on a
common platform and share ideas on matters involving innovation and adoption of global technological
advancements, for ushering the industry into future with combined efforts.

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 UNIFIL’s Indian Battalion (INDBATT), the Indian battalion stationed at United Nations Interim Force in
Lebanon (UNIFIL) has won the first position in the Annual Environment Award.
 The centrally-owned, National Thermal Power Corporation, (NTPC) Limited, under the Ministry of Power
has won the prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019, under Outstanding Accomplishment in
Corporate Excellence Category.
 ISRO Chief Dr Kailasavadivoo Sivan has been named as the winner of the 2020 Von Karman Award by the
Paris-based International Academy of Astronautics (IAA).
 Sachin Awasthi Honored with the Prestigious Global Humanitarian Award 2020
 Ved Parkash Dudeja, the Vice Chairman of Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) has been awarded
with the coveted ‘Infra Business Leader of the Year’ award 2020 by the Rail Infra and Mobility Business
Digital Awards (RIMBDA).
 2020 International Press Freedom Awards Winners (four)
Shahidul Alam from Bangladesh,
Mohammad Mosaed from Iran,
Dapo Olorunyomi from Nigeria and
Svetlana Prokopyeva from Russia.
 Marianna Vardinoyannis of Greece & Guinean Morissana Kouyate wins prestigious 2020 Nelson
Mandela Prize

 Global economy to contract by 5.2 pc in 2020: D&B Report

 Based on the latest figures, released by the government of United Kingdom, India has moved up one
place to become the second-largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in UK in the financial year
2019-20. It was the third largest FDI source in 2018-29.
United States remained the top source of FDI for UK in 2019-20.
 The United States has retained its position as India’s top trading partner for the second consecutive
financial year in 2019-20.
As per the data of the Ministry of Commerce, the bilateral trade between the US and India in 2019-20
stood at $88.75 billion as against $87.96 billion in 2018-19.
In 2018-19, the US for the first time surpassed China to become India’s top trading partner.
 FICCI survey predicts India’s GDP to contract by 4.5% in FY21
 On 13 July 2020, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) organised its first
”Digital Choupal” via video conferencing, to mark the celebration of its 39th foundation day (founded on
12 July 1982).
As a part of the conference, NABARD announced Rs 5,000 crore of refinance scheme for banks and
financial institutions, to provide finance to the beneficiaries of its 2,150 watershed development
projects.
This concessional line of assistance will be available for three years from 2020-21 to 2022-23
The institution also announced another Rs 5,000 crore for turning Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
(PACS), into multi service centres, to make them one-stop shops for meeting the varied needs of the
farmers.
 ICRA Predicts India’s GDP to Contract 9.5% in FY21
 The apex development finance institution, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD) has launched development projects worth Rs 44 lakhs in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with
the aim to strengthen the concept of Atmanirbhar Bharat through rural entrepreneurship.
 World Bank Retains India’s Classification as Lower-Middle Income Group Economy for 2020-21

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 Reliance Industries becomes first Indian company to hit Rs. 12 lakh crore market cap
 Technology giant Google will invest Rs. 75,000 crore (around $10 billion), in India over the next 5-7 years
to boost India’s digital economy. The dedicated ‘Google for India Digitisation Fund’, will be deployed for
this purpose.
 Qualcomm Ventures becomes 12th Investor in Jio Platforms; Invests Rs 730 crore to acquire 0.15% stake
 Google acquires 7.73% stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 33,737 crore

 Illustrated biography of Dalai Lama titled “His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Illustrated
Biography” written by Tenzin Geyche Tethong, to be released in October 2020
 Ruskin Bond’s new book ‘A Song Of India’ released on 20 July, marking 70 Years of his Literary Journey
 Stephen King pens his new short fiction Novel ‘If It Bleeds’

 IRDAI Constitutes 9-member Working Group under Suresh Mathur to study feasibility of Indian
Pandemic Risk Pool
 SEBI Revamps advisory committee on mutual funds; Usha Thorat new head
 The World Health Organization (WHO) has set up an independent panel to review its handling of the
COVID-19 pandemic and the response by governments.
The panel will be co-chaired by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

 The Union Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik inaugurated the 5th edition of the conference on
Aerospace and Defence Manufacturing Technologies on 15 July 2020 in New Delhi, via video
conferencing.
The theme of the conference was Empowering India with ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Mission’.
 15th edition of India-EU Summit held virtually, with focus on Trade and Investment. India was
represented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

 World Population Day: 11 July

Theme of 2020 World Population Day is Safeguarding the Health and Rights of Women and Girls
 National Fish Farmers’ Day : 10 July
 World Malala Day Observed on July 12
 World Youth Skills Day: 15 July
Due to the current global crises, the celebration of WYSD will be held virtually on the theme “Skills for a
Resilient Youth”
 World Emoji Day: 17 July
 World Day for International Justice/Day of International Criminal Justice or International Justice Day: 17
July
 Nelson Mandela International Day : 18 July
 International Chess Day: 20 July
FIDE’s motto for 2020 celebrations is, “Teach someone how to play chess.”

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 America’s largest Aerospace company Boeing Co. has completed the final delivery of all the 37 Military
Helicopter to the India Air Force.
The 37 Military Helicopters included 22 AH-64E Apache and 15 CH-47 Chinook helicopters.
 Iran has dropped India from the Chabahar rail project, for the construction of railway line from
Chabahar port to Zahedan, along the Iran-Afghanistan border.
The reason that Iran gave for dropping India was delays from the Indian side in funding and starting the
construction of the project.

 ADB Renews Pact with IEA to collaborate on Energy Sector Sustainability and Resilience for 3 years upto
2023
 United Nations organises 2020 Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week from 6-10 July 2020
The theme of 2020 Counter-Terrorism Week was “Strategic and Practical Challenges of Countering
Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment”.
 As per the annual ‘State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World’ report, by United Nations, almost
690 million people (8.9% of overall population) went hungry in 2019. This figure is up by 10 million from
2018, and by nearly 60 million in five years.
 China Successfully Launches High-throughput broadband communications satellite APSTAR-6D
 Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi deliver a keynote address virtually at the valedictory session
of High-Level Segment of UN ECOSOC (United Nations Economic and Social Council) on July 17 in New
York, on the eve of 75th anniversary of the United Nations.
The year 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, in 1945.
The theme of the High-level Segment was “Multilateralism after COVID19: What kind of UN do we need
at the 75th anniversary”.

 Pakistan and China have signed an agreement for construction of Azad Pattan Hydel Power Project in
Sudhoti district of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).

 PM Modi Dedicates Asia’s largest solar power project ‘Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power’ project in Madhya
Pradesh to the nation
 The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) has collaborated with NVIDIA, a US-based
multinational technology company, to establish India’s first ‘NVIDIA AI Technology Centre’(NVAITC) to
accelerate research on Artificial Intelligence and its commercial adoption.
 The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog has launched the ATL App Development Module for
school children across the country, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of AtmaNirbhar
Bharat.
The ATL App is an online course by AIM and is completely Free.
 The state-run electricity giant National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Singrauli’s Unit 1 has
emerged as the top-performing unit in the country in the first quarter of the financial year 2020-21 as
per the data released by Central Electricity Authority.
 NITI Aayog presented India’s second Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the United Nations High-level
Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, 2020.
The India VNR 2020 report was titled Decade of Action: Taking SDGs from Global to Local.
The report was presented by Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog.

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 All India Tiger Census 2018 sets new Guinness World Record for largest camera-trap wildlife survey
The fourth edition of the All India Tiger Estimation 2018 has created the Guinness World Record for
being the world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey.
The All India Tiger Estimation is conducted every four year since 2006, by the National Tiger
Conservation Authority with technical support from the Wildlife Institute of India.
In the fourth cycle of the survey, conducted in 2018-19, Camera traps (outdoor photographic devices
fitted with motion sensors that start recording when an animal passes by) were placed in 26,838
locations across 141 different sites.

 Key Highlights of the survey

These cameras surveyed an effective area of 121,337 square kilometres (46,848 square miles).
A total of 34,858,623 photographs of wildlife were captured by the 26,838 camera traps installed.
Of the total photographs 76,651 were tigers and 51,777 were leopards while the remaining were other
native fauna.
The photographs of tigers included 2,461 individual tigers (excluding cubs).
As per the survey, India has an estimated 2,967 tigers or 75 percent of the global tiger population.

 Loyal Textile Mills Limited launches world’s first reusable PPE kit with Triple Viral Shield Technology
 The Ministry of Railways has set the target of transforming the Indian Railways into Green Railways by
2030.
 The Indian Railways has launched a new state-of-the-art, ‘Post Covid Coach’ in an effort to prevent the
spread of COVID-19 virus infection.
The Indian Railways’ production unit, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, has developed this new Post Covid
Coach.
 The Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank released the
‘PRAGYATA’: Guidelines on #DigitalEducation on 14 July 2020.
‘Pragyata’ is an eight step guidelines on digital education for school heads, teachers, parents and
students, to assist them in e-learning, such as recommended screen time for children, tips on coping
with mental/physical stress during #DigitalLearning, among other things.
These eight steps include: Plan, Review, Arrange, Guide, Yak(talk), Assign, Track, and Appreciate.

 Indian Railways first cable-stayed bridge ‘Anji Khad Bridge’ being set up in Jammu & Kashmir
 Hyderabad Airport Introduces India’s first Completely Contactless Car Parking facility Amid Pandemic
 HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Launches World’s Most Affordable COVID-19 Diagnostic Kit
‘Corosure’ Developed by IIT Delhi
 IIT Kanpur develops UV sanitizing device ‘SHUDH’ to disinfect room in 15 mins. SHUDH stands for
Smartphone operated Handy Ultraviolet Disinfection Helper.
 Two of the IIT Kanpur Incubated Start-ups namely Earthface Analytics Pvt. Ltd. & Kritsnam Technologies
Pvt. Ltd. have developed a device, named as ‘PADMAVATI’, to analyse and monitor the quality of water.
 IIT Madras Startup ‘Modulus’ develops ‘MediCAB’ Portable Hospital Unit for COVID-19 Patients
 Telangana DGP launches ‘CybHer’ campaign to Tackle Cybercrime Against Women & Children
 All capitals cities of North-Eastern states to be connected with rail network by 2023
 At 273 million, India recorded world’s largest reduction in poverty from 2005-16: Oxford-UN study
 The Andhra Pradesh government has announced Andhra Pradesh Renewable Energy Export Policy, 2020,
for export of energy to other states..
Under this policy, the state government shall set up Renewable Energy Power Projects of 120 gigawatts
(GWs) in the state. The power generated from these projects shall be exported outside the state.

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 Former Health Minister of Goa Suresh Amonkar passes away due to COVID-19 at 68
 TV Actor Rajan Sehgal, who also starred in Sarabjit, passes away of multiple organ failure at 36
 Renowned Gujarati Cartoonist Avad Bin Hassan Jami passes away at 77
 Actor-Singer-Model Divya Chouksey passes away due to Cancer
 Jack Charlton, England’s 1966 World Cup-winning footballer, passes away at 85
 Veteran Gujarati journalist-columnist-writer Nagindas Sanghvi passes away at 100
 Renowned ceramic artist Jyotsna Bhatt passes away at 80
 Legendary Dutch Footballer Wim Suurbier passes away at 75
 Hawkins Cookers’ Non-Executive Chairman Brahm Vasudeva passes away at 84
 Maharashtra’s first woman Election Commissioner, Neela Satyanarayan, passes away at 72
 Eminent Mathematician Prof. C S Seshadri Passes away at 88
 Ace para-badminton player and Arjuna Awardee Ramesh Tikaram passes away of COVID-19 at 51
 Bollywood Filmmaker Rajat Mukherjee passes away

 Nadaun police station in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh has been ranked among the best police
stations of the country and the top most police station of the state in the annual ranking of police
stations for 2019. The annual ranking of police stations is carried out by Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India.
 India ranks tenth globally in intellectual property filings in 2018, China tops: WIPO Report
 India Ranks Third In Global Manufacturing Risk Index 2020, China Tops: Cushman & Wakefield Report

 Rajasthan launches campaign ”Pure for Sure” to ensure purity of milk & dairy products
 The UNICEF INDIA has entered into partnership with the Socio Economic Development Foundation
(SEDF) of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), to co-develop
#Reimagine Campaign.
The #Reimagine Campaign of UNICEF aims to support the most vulnerable populations and children
during the COVID-19 response and its after-math in India.

 The 2020 edition of the Asia Cup Cricket tournament has been postponed till June 2021 by the Asian
Cricket Council (ACC) due to ongoing increase in COVID-19 cases in the region.
 World’s top-ranked women’s squash player, Raneem El Welily from Egypt has announced her retirement
on 9 July 2020.
 Hockey India Names Manipur’s Gyanendro Ningombam as new Officiating President
 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) has won the Styrian Grand Prix 2020, held on 12 July 2020 in
Spielberg, Austria.
 Former Australia Soccer team captain Jedinak retires from all games
 Real Madrid clinch record 34th La Liga title defeating Villarreal (football)
 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes’ – Great Britain) won the 2020 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix held on 19
July 2020.

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