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.

Current Affairs 2020 July 29

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