July 13:Current Affairs

1)US NAVY WELCOMED FIRST BLACK FEMALE PILOT;

• The US navy has welcomed its first black female Tactical Aircraft Pilot. 
• Lt.j. g. Medeline swegle had completed Naval flight school and would later in july 2020 receive the flight officer insignia known as the "Wings of Gold". 

Did You Know? 

        Swegle's milestone comes more than 45 years after Rosemary mariner in 1974 become the first women to fly a tautical fighter jet. 

2)RAJASTHAN LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN ;

• A campaign had been launched by Rajasthan to ensure the purity of milk and its products. 
• Samples of milk and dairy products will be collected under the campaign "Pure for Sure"from july 8-14, 2020.

Did You Know? 

        Informations related to the samples will be provided by the food safety officers on the FSSAI app. 

3)INDIA RANKED EIGHTH IN EIU REPORT;

• According to a new report, India has been ranked eighth for cancer preparedness among 10 Asia-Pacific countries. 
• EIU report on "Cancer preparedness in Asia-Pacific :progress towards universal cancer control ", examines the findings from the EIU's index of cancer preparedness. 

4)ISRO TO LAUNCH BRAZIL'S SATELLITE ON PSLV;

• ISRO is gearing up to lift off Brazil's Amazon-1 satellite on August 2020 onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. 
• The launch of Brazilian satellite is confirmed, but there is no clarity about the date for the planned launch. 

Did You Know? 

        Amazon-1 will be the first satellite for earth observation that is designed and tested in Brazil. 

5)INDIAN BATTALION WON UNIFIL ENVIRONMENT AWARD;

• An Indian battalion stationed with the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL)has won an environment award. 
• It has been awarded for a project that aims to decrease waste generation, reuse plastic, build green houses, and compost pits. 

Did You Know? 

        UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col gave the awards to seven mission entities. 

6)WHO LAUNCHED AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW;

• WHO has announced an independent review of the international response to the COVID -19 pandemic. 
• Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Prize winner and Helen Clark, former PM of New Zealand, will lead the review. 

7)AVERAGE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE COULD RISE BY 15°C;

• Atleast one or more months during the next five years will be 1.5 degrees celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels. 
• This was warmed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). 

8)INDIAN NAVY COMPLETED OPERATION SAMUDRA SETU;

• Operation Samudra Setu, which was launched on may 5, 2020 has culminated after successfully bringing 3, 992 Indian citizens back to their homeland by sea.
• Indian Naval ships Jalashwaband Airvat, Shardul and Magar participated in this operation which lasted over 55 days. 

July 12:Current Affairs

1)IRDAI FORMED A PANEL;

• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has formed a working group to examine the feasibility of 'Pandemic Risk Pool '. 
• Suresh mathur, Executive Director of IRDAI, will be the chairman for the 9 member working group with the industry representatives as member. 
• A part from studying the need for such pool, the group will be recommend the structure and operating model.

2) DR. HARSH VARDHAN RELEASED A WHITE PAPER;

• Science and Technology Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan released a white paper on "Focused Interventions for 'Make in India':pest COVID-19 "and active pharmaceutical ingredients status, issues, technology rediness, and challenges. 
• The white paper highlighted five sector. 

Did You Know?

        It was prepared by Technology Information  Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC).

3)WORLD POPULATION DAY :JULY 11;

• World Population Day is celebrated on july 11 every year, inorder to spread and raise awarness of the raising global population issues. 
• The theme of this year is, 'How to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls now amid the pandemic. 

Did You Know? 

        The day was invented by General Council of the United Nations Development Programme, way back in 1989.

4)AUSTRALIA SUSPENDED HONGKONG TREATY;

• Australia has suspended its extradition treaty with Hongkong in response to fears over a new national security law imposed by china. 
• The new law under mined "Hong kong's own basic law "and territory's current level of autonomy from Beijing. 

Did You Know? 

        Canada also suspended its extradition treaty. 

5)RIL-BP LAUNCH FUEL AND MOBILITY JOINT VENTURE ;

• Reliance Industries and Uk's energy major BP have announced the launch of Reliance Bp Mobility Limited. 
• It is a fuel and mobility joint venture. 
• Operating under the "jio -BP "brand the joint venture aims to become a leading player in India's fuels and mobility markets. 

6)JOSHNA CHINAPPA IN WORLD'S TOP 10 RANKINGS ;

• India's squash star Joshna Chinappa has broken back into the top 10 of the PSA world rankings following the retirement of Egyptian world number one Raneem El Welily. 
• Joshna, who has not played since march 3020 due to COVID-19 pandemic, moved up a spot to be in the 10th position  

Did You Know? 

        Egypt's Nouran Gohar is the new world number one following Raneem's retirement. 

7)MUSHTAQUE AHMED RESIGNS AS HOCKEY INDIA PRESIDENT ;

• Hockey India named Gyanendra Ningombam as the officiating president at the Emergent Executive Board Meeting after Mushtaque Ahmed tendered his resignation. 
• Sports ministry had asked Ahmed to step down having declared that his 2018 election was a violation of the national sports code's tenure guidelines. 

Did You Know? 

        Ahmed had been working as president of National Sports Body since 2018.

8)KRITHIK KRISHNAMURTHY-NEW CEO OF COLLABERA;

• Collabera, a global technology talent solutions provider, has announced the appointment of his new CEO, Krithik Krishnamurthy. 
• Previously, krithik was SVP and Global Market's Leader at cognizant and a member of their Executive Leadership Team. 

July 11:Current Affairs

1)IITH, NVIDIA TO ESTABLISH A RESEARCH CENTRE;

• IIT Hyderabad is collaborating with NVIDIA, to establish India's first NVIDIA AI technology centre to accelerate research on artificial intelligence and commercial adoption. 
• An event held on july 9, 2020 to mark the commencement of operations of this centre. 

2)YPTHIMA WATSONI BUTTERFLY REDISCOVERED ;

• In Tripura, a team of wildlife researchers has rediscovered "Ypthima Watsoni" butterfly commonly known as 'Looped three -ring' after 61 years. 
• It was founded near a village called phuldungsei in Jampui hills under the North Tripura district. 

Did You Know? 

        The species was last seen in 1958 in manipur. 

3)750MV SOLAR PROJECT AT MP's REWA;

• PM Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation a 750 mv solar project set up at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh. 
• The Rewa project will reduce carbon emission equivalent to about 15 lakh ton of CO2 per year. 

Did You Know? 

        The project was situate inside a solar park, the solar park was developed by the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited. 

4)15th MEETING OF INDIA-EU SUMMIT ON JULY15;

• The 15th meeting of the India -European  Union summit will be held on 15th july 2020.
• The summit was co-chaired by PM Narendra Modi, and President of European Council Charles Michel and President of European Commission Ursula Vonder Leyen. 

5)INDIA'S LARGEST BUTTERFLY ;

• A Himalayan butterfly named "Golden Birdwing" is the India's  largest. 
• This record was earlier held by southern birdwing for 88 years. 
• With a wingspan of 194mm, the female of the species is marginally larger than the southern birdwing that Brigadier William Harry Evans, a british military officer recorded in 1932.

6)CIDC INITIATED SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME;

• Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) has initiated a skill development programme in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 
• It will provide Employment oriented training and skill development for the marginalized section. 

7)NEW SPECIES OF FAN-THROATED LIZARD DISCOVERED ;

• A new species of Fan -throated lizard has been discovered from the barren lands of northern Karnataka's Bagalkot district. 
• The new species has been named 'Sitana dharwarensis' derived from the Dharwar Carton a piece of earth crust. 

8)GLOBAL REAL ESTATE TRANSPARENCY INDEX 2020;

• India's real estate industry gas registered one of the largest improvements globally and regionally in Jones Lang Lasalle's (JLL)biennial Global Real Estate Transparency Index(GRETI). 
• The position of some Asian countries are Mainland China(32nd), Thailand(33rd), Indonesia (40th), Philippines (44th), and Vietnam(58th). 

Did You Know? 

        India ranks 34th globally on the index. 

July 10:Current Affairs

1)MCA EXTENDED TERM OF JUSTICE BANSI LAL BHAT;

• The ministry of corporate affairs has extended the term of justice Bansi Lal Bhat as acting chair person of NCLAT by 3 months. 
• The extension was applicable from june 15, 2020, the other side or until a regular chairperson was appointed. 

Did You Know? 

        NCLAT-National Company Law Appellate Tribunal. 

2)BANGLADESH LAUNCHED "DIGITAL HAAT";

• The government of Bangladesh has launched a 'Digital Haat'for online sale and purchase of sacrificial animals ahead of the festival of Eid-Ul-Azha. 
• This is going to be the country's biggest digital haat. 

3)US FORMALLY ANNOUNCED ITS WITHDRAWAL FROM WHO;

• The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its decision to withdraw US from WHO. 
• It has broken off the ties with the global health body amidst the raging corona virus pandemic. 
• The US has also accused WHO of siding with china on the out break of corona virus, which is originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019.

4)INTERNATIONAL CRICKET BACK IN ACTION ;

• The first cricket match of three test series between England and West Indies was played on 8 july 2020 at Ageas Bowl, London. 
• With this, the international cricket has finally returned after a hiatus of 117 days caused by COVID -19 pandemic. 

5)INDIA GLOBAL WEEK 2020 INAUGURATED;

• PM Narendra Modi delivered the inaugural address on the first day of India global week 2020.
• The theme of the three day virtual conference is Be The Revival :India and a Better New World. 

Did You Know? 

        India Global Week 2020 have 5000 global participants from 30 nations. 

6)AMIT PANGHAL RANKED NO. 1 IN AIBA RANKINGS;

• World championships silver medalist boxer Amit Panghal is ranked No. 1 mens 52kg weight class, according to latest world rankings released by AIBA. 
• He is the only one Indian to claim no. 1 spot in the rankings. 

Did You Know? 

        Among women, world's silver medalist Manju Rani (48kg) was the highest ranked at second shot. 

7)SACHIN AWASTHI HONOURED WITH AN AWARD;

• President of National Media Club, Sachin Awasthi bagged top publicist honoured under Global Humanitarian Award 2020.
• He is one of the 100 awardees nominated from 35 countries and 7 continents.

Did You Know? 

        The award was honoured to peoples who are selflessly working to improve society and the world. 

8)SELF SCAN APP LAUNCHED IN WEST BENGAL;

• West Bengal Chief Minister  Mamta Banerjee has launched a mobile application, which have been developed by the states information technology department. 
• The self scan app came after the centre banned 59 chinese mobile application and amid a call for boycott of chinese goods. 

Did  You Know?

         It will scan documents and reflects patriotism. 

July 9:Current Affairs

1)KARUR VYSYA PARTNER WITH STAR HEALTH ;

• The Karur Vysya Bank has entered into a tieup with Star Health and Allied Insurance to provide health insurance products to its customers. 
• Star health will provide cost effective insurance lroducts to the bank's customers. 

2)BUILDING NAMED AFTER SHYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEE;

• The new administrative and academic building of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Jharkhand has been named after Bharatiya Jan Singh founder shyma prasad mukherjee on his birth anniversary. 
• Mukherjee dedicated his life to the unity and integrity of the country. 

Did You Know? 

        He gave the call for one nation -one law and sacrificed his life in kashmir. 

3)INDIA, US HELD FORIEGN OFFICE CONSULTATIONS;

• Foreign secretary Harsh vardhan shringla and US under secretary of state for political affairs David Hale held virtual foriegn office consultation on july 7.
• They reviewed the entire gamut of engagements under the India-US comprehensive Global strategic partnership, including political, economic, commercial, regional and international cooperation. 

4)15th FC HELD MEETING WITH WORLD BANK ;

• 15th Finance commission on 7th july 2020 held a meeting with world bank and its High Level Group (HLG) on health sector. 
• The meeting was held for a better understanding of the contours of the country's health sector. 

Did You Know? 

        World Bank has successfully completed 20 year long partnership with Government of India in the area of HIV. 

5)INDIA &AFGHANISTAN SIGNED 5 PACTS;

• India and Afghanistan have signed 5 agreements for developing educational infrastructure in four afghan provinces. 
• The 5 Mou's are signed under the HICDP programme. 

Did You Know? 

        HICDP-Higm Impact Community Development Project. 

6)IOA ADOPTED A NEW IDENTITY ;

• The Indian Olympic Association has adopted a new branding and visual identity, including an institutional and commercial logo. 
• The decision to adopt a new identity was taken, on the occasion marking 100 years of participation of Indian athelets at the olympic games. 

Did You Know? 

        The IOA is planning to have a special launch event of the logo on independence day 2020.

7)WORLD'S FIRST GOLD PLATED HOTEL IN VIETNAM;

• The world's first gold plated hotel has been opened in vietnam which features golden cutlery, cups, toilet seat and and infinity poot. 
• The five star Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel in Hanoi, vietnam cost £160 million to build. 

Did You Know? 

        Even the exterior of the building is covered in around a ton of gold. 

8)5 STATRUPS TO BUILD A PLATFORM ;

• The ministry of Electronics and IT earlier in April 2020 invited local technology startups  to build a secure video conferencing platform. 
• The government shortlisted 10 indian startups in june 2020 and it has now narrowed down to five sartups. 

July 8:Current Affairs

1)QUINTON DE KOCK NAMED CRICKETER OF THE YEAR ;

• Quinton de kock was named men's cricketer of the year at the cricket south africa annual awards, his second honour after 2017.
• De kock is the captain of south african team in limited -overs cricket, also bagged the Test cricket  of the year award. 

Did You Know? 
        Opener Laura wolvaardt was adjudged as the women's cricketer of the year and ODI cricketer of the year. 

2)INDIA'S FIRST NPNT COMLIANT DRONE FLIGHT;

• India's first NPNT compliant drone flight on the A200 Remotely Piloted Aircraft System(RPAS)has been sucessfully completed. 
• The flight was carried out in a green zone identified by the DGCA, near Tumkur in Karnataka, and marks a critical break through in online testing and permission systems. 

Did You Know?

        NPNT- No-Permission No-Takeoff.

3)ISRAEL LAUNCHED OFEK 16 SATELLITE INTO SPACE;

• Israel launched the new ofek 16 spy satellite into orbit from a launchpad at palmahim airbase on 6july 2020.
• Ofex 16 is an electro optical reconnaissance satellite with advanced capabilities. 

Did You Know? 

        This was the first launch of israel satellite since Space Com's Amos-17 tookoff from Florida in 2017.

4)INJETI SRINIVAS APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF IFSCA;

• The Appointments Committee of cabinet approved the appointment of injeti srinivas as chairman of IFSCA. 
• IFSCA was recently established by the finance ministry on April 27, 2020.

Did You Know? 

        IFSCA-International Financial  Services Centres Authority. 

5)VALTTERI BOTTAS WON F1AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX;

• Valtteri Bottas has won for mercados at the Austrian Grand Prix. 
• The race was interuppted three times by a safety car and 9 of 20 driver abounded. 

Did You Know? 

        Ferrari's charles lederc took second place and Mclaren lando norris won third. 

6)ICG & INDONESIA COAST GUARD SIGNED MOU;

• A Mou has been signed by the Indian coast guard and Indonesia coast guard. 
• It will enhance collobrative and cooperative engagements in the domains of maritime law enforcement, maritime and rescue and marine pollution responce. 

7)DRDO TO SETUP RESEARCH CELL AT IIT HYDERABAD ;

• The DRDO is going to establish a research cell at IIT hyderabad to meet the future defence technological requirements of the country.
• A Mou in this regard was signed on 3july 2020.

8)WORLD ZOO NOSES DAY 2020-JULY 6;

• World zoonoses day is marked on july 6 every year. 
• Zoonoses is an infectious disease that is transmitted from vertebrate animals to humans.
• World zoonoses day is held every year to commemorate first vaccination against zoonotic infection by Louis pasteur on 6 july 1885.

July 7:Current Affairs

1)ODISHA GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED "BALARAM YOJANA";

• Odisha government has launched 'Balaram Yojana' to provide crop loans to landless farmers. 
• Under the scheme, the landless cultivators will get loans through Joint Liability Groups(JLG). 

Did You Know? 

        Gov target to provide loans to 7lakh farmers in next 2 years. 

2)DELHI GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED E-PORTAL ;

•  The Delhi  government has launched an online portal LEAD.
• LEAD will make textbooks, study materials, and course content  as per the syllabus of CBSC, NCERT, and Delhi governments curriculum accessible to students. 

Did You Know? 

        LEAD-Learning through E-Resources made Accessible for Delhi. 

3)NEW RECORD CREATED IN UP;

• In UP, a new record was created on 5 july by planting more than 25 crore saplings in a single day. 
• The unique feature of the plantation drive was to keep children and old age persons away from it due to corona crisis and use of those plants which have medicinal properties. 

4)GOVERNMENT BLOCKED 40 WEBSITES OF SFJ;

• The ministry of electronics and information technology has blocked 40 websites of Sikhs For Justice. 
• It is an unlawful organization and its website have been blocked under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. 

5)NPCI TO BUILD SMART DATA CENTRE IN HYDERABAD ;

• The National Payment Corporation of India will develop its smart data centre in hyderabad at an investment of RS. 500 crore. 
• It would be recoganised as the first tier IV data centre in hyderabad. 

6)ZOYA KHAN- FIRST TRANSGENDER OPERATOR OF CSC;

• Zoya khan from vadodara district of Gujarat become the first transgender operator of the Common Service Centre in India. 
• She aims to uplift the transgender community by making them digitally literate. 

Did You Know? 

        CSC are facilities provided by government for delivering e-services to rural and remote areas where internet is absent.

7) CHINA'S LIN DAN ANNOUNCED RETAIREMENT;

• China's two- time olympic badminton champion Lin Dan, one of the sport's greatest singles player has announced his retirement. 

• He won olympic singles title in Beijing in 2008 and 2012 London games.

 Did You Know? 

        He won all sport's major titles, including 5 world championship gold medals.

8)AIFF GET AFC ELITE YOUTH SCHEME MEMBERSHIP ;

• The Asian Football Confederation has conferred the All India Football Federation with the AFC Elite Youth Scheme membership status. 
• The AFC panel evaluates in 20 areas of core activities such as leadership planning etc.