Current Affairs 2020 July 29

• 29 July – Global Tiger Day
• Union Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar releases 4th All India Tiger Estimation Report-2018.
• India to be home to almost 70% of the Global Tiger Population.
• India’s tiger population grew more than 30% since 2014.
• Tiger population of India has grown from 1400 in 2014 to 2967 in 2019.
• Book “The India Way: Strategies For An Uncertain World” authored by EAM S Jaishankar.
• IRCTC and SBI card together launch their new co-branded contactless credit card on RuPay Platform.
• NITI Aaypg released Aspirational Districts Ranking for the February-June 2020.
• Bijapur, Chhattisgarh tops list of Aspirational Districts for Feb-June 2020.
• Dr Sundarshana Ramaraju appointed as Chief Advisor to Khadi and Village Industries Commission.
• Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched “India Report on Digital Education 2020”.
• IIT Kharagpur develops portable device to detect COVID-19 in an hour.
• Indian-origin Pritam Singh designated as the leader of the opposition in Singapore.
• PayU launches UPI AutoPay feature for subscription payments.
• Thierry Bollore appointed as Jaguar Land Rover CEO.
• Govt extended mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery till June 2021.
• Karnataka to set up Rs 5000 crore Integrated Biotech and Life Sciences Park in Bengaluru.
• India-Indonesia Defence Ministers dialogue held in New Delhi.
• India-Indonesia agrees to enhance bilateral cooperation in defence sector.
• World’s 1st online chess training platform “CoChess” launched in Lativa.
• CoChess has been established in Collaboration with Magnus Carlsen (Norway).
• Gujarat Govt and UK India Business Council sign MoU to strengthen the state’s industrial development.
• 22 million children from south Asia missed out on early childhood education due to COVID-19: UNICEF
• APJ Award instituted by the Noorul Islam University.
• S Somanath (Director, VSSC) won 2nd APJ Award 2020.
• VSSC: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
• Hollywood actress Olivia de Havilland passed away.
• Gujarat Govt raises fine for not wearing mask to Rs 500.
• BharatPe has started a programme called “ESOP Cheque Cash Karo”.
• Kohima Smart City launches “Cycle4Change” campaign.
• Hyderabad City Police launches “Free Last Ride” service.
• Indian Army opens Siachen valley for the Civilians.
• DRDO launched an innovative contest “Dare to Dream 2.0”.
• DRDO: Defence Research Development Organization.
• India and Thailand source 82% of illegal shipment of tiger body parts.
• Maharashtra becomes highest number of people living with HIV.
• Andhra Pradesh becomes 2nd highest number of people living with HIV.
• Karnataka becomes 3rd highest number of people living with HIV.
• DIAT Pune develops Medical Bed Isolation System “Aashray”.
• DIAT: Defence Institute of Advanced Technology
• Stuart Broad becomes 7th bowler to take 500 wickets in Tests.
• 1st batch of 5 Rafale Fighter Jets to arrive at Ambala Airbus today.