Current Affairs 2020 July 11

• China launched commercial communication Satellite “APSTAR-6D”.
• Cognizant India Chairman & MD Ramkumar Ramamoorthy Resigns.
• ADB Renewed MoU with IEA for energy sector sustainability and resilience.
• ADB: Asian Development Bank
• IEA: International Energy Agency.
• Nepal Ban on all Indian news channels in Nepal.
• BCCI CEO Rahul Johri’s resignation accepted by board.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates six bridges in J%K.
•  Virtual conference India Global Week 2020 being held in UK; Theme - “Be the Revival: India &  A Better New World”.
• Ministry of Culture to reprint 108 volumes of Mongolian Kanjur under NMM.
• Kanjur Means: Concise Orders
• NMM: National Mission for Manus.
• Fossil India Ropes in Disha Patani as Brand Ambassador.
• Neeraj Murmu has been conferred with the prestigious ‘Diana Award’.
• Samsika Gupta has been conferred with the prestigious ‘Diana Award’.
• Diana Award was established in 1999 to honour those who have demonstrated exemplary humanitarian work.
• Rajasthan launches ‘Pure For Sure’ week long campaign to ensure purity of dairy products.
• Mukesh Ambani overtakes Warren Buffett as the 7th richest person in the world.
• Tamil Nadu tops market borrowings among states in India for 2020-21.
• Joshna Chinnappa Ranks 10th in PSA World Women’s ranking 2020.
• World’s No.1 women squash player Raneem EI Welily of Egypt retired.
• Mohamed Elshorbagy (Egypt) topped in PSA world men’s ranking 2020.
• Sourav Ghosal Ranks 13th in PSA world’s men’s ranking 2020.
• USAID & MNRE Partners for Clean Energy Development.
• USAID: U.S. Agency for International Development.
• MNRE: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
• Haryana Govt decided to introduce the ‘Samadhan Se Vikas’ Scheme.
• IIT-H collaborates with NVIDIA to establish India’s 1st NVIDIA AI technology centre.
• Goa former Health Minister Dr Suresh Amonkar passes away.
• Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches ‘BLUIS’ to monitor govt lands.
• BLUIS: Bhubaneswar Land Use Intelligence System.
• Nadaun Police Station (HP) ranked as one of the best Police Station of India.
• Kerala Govt launched the “Kerala Dialogue” A Debate Series.
• Former RBI Governor Rangarajan gets the 1st Mahalanobis Award.
• A.P. Subba was sworn in as the Chairperson, Lokayukta of Sikkim.
• Italy bans entry from 13 Countries over Corona Virus fears.
• Legendary Musician Charlie Daniels passes away.
• Asia Cup Cricket Tournament postponed till June 2021.
• MSDE launches AI-based “ASEEM” digital platform.
• MSDE: Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.
• ASEEM: Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping.
• Ivory Cost PM Amadou Gon Coulibaly passes away.
• IOC receives EU Green Building Leadership Award.
• IOC: International Olympic Committee
• Union Bank of India CMD Rajkiran Rai gets 2 year extension.