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Current Affairs 2020 July 23

  • AIIB approves $250 million loan to Pakistan to fight COVID-19 impact.
  • AIIB: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
  • WADA suspends India’s National Dope Testing Laboratory for another 6 months.
  • WADA: World Anti-Doping Agency
  • Flight trial of India’s anti-tank guided missile “Dhruvastra” successfully conducted.
  • South Korea’s 1st ever Military Communication Satellite “ANASIS-II” successfully launched.
  • Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi scheme launched.
  • Andhra Pradesh Govt signs MoU with Amul for the development of dairy and related products in the state.
  • Tamil Nadu Labour Department launches portal for unorganized sector workers.
  • Nepal and World Bank launch Youth Employment and Transformation Initiative Project.
  • India-Maldives sign agreement to establish “Emergency Medical Services” in Male.
  • US Adds 11 Chinese Companies to Economic Blacklist.
  • India and Iran to continue cooperation on Chabahar-Zahedan Railway Project.
  • CBIC and CBDT sign MoU to facilitate smoother bilateral exchange of data.
  • CBIC: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
  • CBDT: Central Board of Direct Taxes
  • India and US sign MoU to develop Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  • Jyotiraditya Scindia takes oath as Rajya Sabha from MP.
  • WOA and WAoS have signed a MoU to improve the lives of Olympians.
  • WOA: World Olympians Association
  • WAoS: World Academy of Sport
  • Greta Thunberg was awarded the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity.
  • The prize is awarded annually by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
  • Assam to give preference to Plasma Donors in Government Jobs.
  • India Business Council to host 45th India Ideas Summit 2020; Focus – Building a Better Future.
  • Veteran Odia Actor Bijay Mohanty passes away.
  • NPCI launches UPI AutoPay feature for recurring payments.
  • NPCI: National Payments Corporation of India
  • Jeff Bezos becomes richest person in the world ($184 Billion).
  • Mukesh Ambani becomes 5th richest person in the world ($74.7 Billion).
  • SoundCloud launched an e-Bike Subscription Service called ‘Dance’.
  • Sonu Sood launches “Pravasi Rojgar” App to help workers.
  • Rahul Bajaj to step down as Bajaj Finance Chairman.
  • Sanjiv Bajaj appointed new Chairman of Bajaj Finance.

 

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