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.

Latest ICC Test Ranking

• Steve Smith ranked 1st in latest ICC Test ranking.
• Virat Kohli ranked 2nd in latest ICC Test ranking.
• Ben Stokes ranked 3rd in latest ICC Test ranking.
• Labuschagne ranked 4th in latest ICC Test ranking.
• K Williamson ranked 5th in latest ICC Test ranking.