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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.