Current Affairs 2020 July 28
- 28 July – World Hepatitis Day
- Theme 2020: Hepatitis-Free Future
- HIL Supplies 20.60 tonne of DDT to South Africa for Malaria Control Programme.
- Tanzania’s former President Benjamin Mkapa passed away.
- India extends medical assistance worth about $1 million to North Korea.
- Dr. Dipak Prasad appointed as Bihar State Election Commissioner.
- Admissions to Maharashtra ITIs through ‘MahaITI’ mobile app.
- Mechichi appointed new Prime Minister of Tunisia.
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology bans 47 apps.
- Ola offers corporate mobility in Australia, New Zealand, and UK.
- 5 IAF Rafales take off for India, to reach Ambala on July 29.
- Microsoft and NBA team up to put virtual fans in Basketball Arenas.
- ICC launched inaugural ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League.
- Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League to be held on 30th July 2020 in Southampton.
- India builds world’s 1st ever Electrified Rail Tunnel capable of running Double Stack Container Train.
- Anjani Kumar appointed as next Ambassador to Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
- Jaideep Mazumder appointed as Next Ambassador to Montenegro.
- Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan launched the BIS’s app ‘BIS-Care’.
- BIS: Bureau of Indian Standard
- Tamil Nadu launches Free Mask Plan for ration card holders.
- Housing.com launches “Sukoon Se Sukoon Ko Dhoondo” digital campaign.
- Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan launched “Mausam” app.
- Mausam app: For city-wise weather forecasts.
- App designed and developed by ICRISAT, IITM, and IMD.
- ICRISAT: Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
- IITM: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
- IMD: India Meteorology Department
- Bombay Flying Club becomes India’s 1st DGCA approved Drone Training School.
- India hands over 10 Broad-Gauge Diesel Locomotives to Bangladesh.
- Plasma donors to get preference in govt jobs, housing: Assam Govt
- Delhi Govt launched “Rozgar Bazar” for the job seekers.
- Taiyuan, China topped in world’s most surveilled cities 2020.
- Hyderabad ranked 16th in world’s most surveilled cities 2020.
- Chennai ranked 21st in world’s most surveilled cities 2020.
- Delhi ranked 33rd in world’s most surveilled cities 2020.
- Tokyo, Japan topped in world’s most populated cities 2020.
- Delhi ranked 2nd in world’s most populated cities 2020.
- Shanghai ranked 3rd in world’s most populated cities 2020.
- Mumbai ranked 9th in world’s most populated cities 2020.
- Kolkata ranked 15th in world’s most populated cities 2020.
- China launched High-Resolution Mapping Satellite “Ziyuan-III 03”.
- Satish Kumar Gupta re-appointed as member of CBDT for 1 year.
- CBDT: Central Board of Direct Taxes
- Pratyaya Amrit appointed as new Bihar Chief Secretary Health.