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Tamil Nadu Tops Market Borrowings Among States in India With a Collection of Rs 30,500 crore for 2020-21

July 10, 2020
Money
  • According to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Tamil Nadu (TN) has topped market borrowings among States in India with a collection of Rs.30,500 crore in the fiscal 2020-21(FY 21).
  • TN, which has accounted for 17% of the borrowings done through the issue of bonds has been topped the list.

Other Rankers

  1. Maharashtra Rs 25,500 crore (14%),
  2. Andhra Pradesh Rs 17,000 crore (9%),
  3. Rajasthan Rs17,000 crore (9%).

A Book Titled ‘Mahaveer:The Soldier Who Never Died’ Authored by A.K. Srikumar & Rupa Srikumar

July 10, 2020
Mahaveer: The soldier who never died
  • The book, titled ‘Mahaveer:The Soldier who never died’ is authored by award winning author A.K. Srikumar and his wife, Rupa Srikumar.
  • Focus of the book is on courage and selfless love of Jaswant Singh Rawat who is one of the legendary Garhwali soldiers fought in Indo-Chinese battle of Nuranang in 1962

Nepal cable operators ban private Indian news channels

July 10, 2020
nepal news channel
  • Cable operators in Nepal have stopped airing all private Indian news channels.
  • India’s national news network Doordarshan has been exempted from this ban

High-throughput communication satellite launched from China

July 10, 2020
Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China
  • The Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China Great Wall Industry Corporation has successfully launched the high-throughput communication satellite ‘APSTAR-6D’ on 9th July 2020.
  • China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) has developed the commercial satellite ‘APSTAR-6D’

Government extends Union Bank of India CEO Rajkiran Rai’s term by another two years

July 10, 2020
Rajkiran Rai G
  • The government has extended Union Bank of India CEO Rajkiran Rai’s term by another two years until his retirement on May 31 2022.
  • Rai had taken over a CEO of the Mumbai-based lender on July 1, 2017.

Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Amadou Gon Coulibaly passed away

July 10, 2020
Amadou Gon Coulibaly
  • Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Amadou Gon Coulibaly passed away due to illness.

Amadou Gon Coulibaly served at many positions which includes technical advisor, senior civil servant, deputy and mayor of Korhogo, agriculture minister, cabinet minister

Ex-health minister of Goa Suresh Amonkar dies of COVID-19

July 10, 2020
Suresh Amonkar
  • Former Goa health minister Suresh Amonkar died of COVID-19 infection. He was 68.
  • He had served as a minister of Health, Social Welfare, and Labour and Employment in then Fransisco Sardinha government.

Flipkart signs MoU with Govt. Of Karnataka To Promote Local Art, Craft and Handlooms Sector

July 11, 2020
Flipkart
  • Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, and Department of MSME and Mines, Government of Karnataka have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the state’s Arts, Crafts and Handloom sectors, by bringing them on to e-commerce and providing market access.
  • The partnership will enable local artisans, weavers and craftsmen of Karnataka to showcase their hallmark products to a pan-India customer base.

A book on Dalai Lama’s biography to release in 2020

July 11, 2020
book on dalai lama
  • A book on Dalai Lama’s biography to release in 2020 titled ‘His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Illustrated Biography’.
  • The book is authored by one of the Dalai Lama’s closest aides and advisor of over 40 years, Tenzin Geyche Tethong. The biography is a memorable portrait of the 14th  Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

World Population Day: 11 July

July 11, 2020
World population day
  • The World Population Day is observed every year on July 11 to raise awareness of global population issues.
  • The day was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989 in commemoration of the day in 1987, when the world reached the population of 5 billion.
  • Theme of 2020 World Population Day is safeguarding the Health and Rights of Women and Girls.

India-European Union virtual bilateral summit on July 15

July 11, 2020
india european union
  • India and the European Union (EU) will hold their 15th bilateral Summit on July 15 via video conference.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will represent India while the EU will be represented by President of the European Council Charles Michel, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
  • Summit will review India-EU cooperation covering political & security relations, trade & investment and economic cooperation.

Loyal Textile Mills Limited launched the world’s first reusable PPE kit with Triple Viral Shield Technology

July 11, 2020
reusable ppe kit
  • On 9th July 2020 Loyal Textile Mills Limited launched Viral Shield, a line of COVID-19 anti-viral, reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), masks and protective fashion wear range.
  • The series has been launched in collaboration with Reliance Industries India and HeiQ from Switzerland.
  • The reusable masks, garments, and PPE kits are made with the Viroblock Technology of HeiQ Materials AG.

IIT-Hyderabad collaborates with NVIDIA to establish India’s first AI research center

July 11, 2020
India's first AI technology Centre
  • The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) has collaborated with NVIDIA, a US-based multinational technology company, to establish India’s first ‘NVIDIA AI Technology Centre’(NVAITC) to accelerate research on Artificial Intelligence and its commercial adoption.
  • The centre will focus on advancing AI research in the areas of Agriculture and Smart Cities besides Language Understanding, increasing crop yield, support safer transportation systems and better ways of managing traffic, among others.

PM Modi inaugurated 750 MW Madhya Pradesh Solar Project

July 11, 2020
solar panels
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the nation the 750 MW Solar Project set up at Rewa, Madhya Pradesh on 9th July 2020.
  • The Project comprises of three solar generating units of 250 MW each located on a 500-hectare plot of land situated inside a solar park (total area 1500 hectare).The Rewa Solar Project was the first solar project in the country to break the grid parity barrier. This project will reduce carbon emission equivalent to approx. 15 lakh ton of CO2 per year.
  • The entire cost of the Solar Power Project is worth around Rs 4000 crore.
  • 24 percent of the power generated by the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Plant will be supplied to Delhi Metro while the remaining 76 percent of energy will be supplied to the state DISCOMs of Madhya Pradesh.

ISRO prepares to launch brazil’s amazonia-1 satellite aboard PSLV in august this year

July 11, 2020
amazonia-1
  • The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to lift off Brazil’s Amazonia-1 satellite next month onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
  • The Amazonia-1 satellite which PSLV will launch will help in monitoring and observing the deforestation of the Amazon region.
  • The Brazilian satellite has been locally designed and tested in Brazil. It will be the first satellite for Earth observation.
  • The Amazonia-1 launch is among the 36 space and satellite missions ISRO has planned over the next two years

Google Plus is now ‘Google Currents’ in playstore

July 11, 2020
google currents
  • Google has officially shut down its ‘Google Plus’ social networking platform and it has rebranded the app as “Google Currents”.
  • Google Currents is a platform which enables its users to connect with their colleagues, exchange documents and interact with like-minded people who have similar interests

Skill Development Ministry Launches AI-based portal ASEEM to bridge Demand-Supply gap of Skilled Workforce

July 11, 2020
ASEEM portal
  • Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched ‘Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM)’ portal on 10 July 2020 to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities.
  • ASEEM is an Artificial Intelligence-based platform to improve the information flow and bridge the demand-supply gap in the skilled workforce market.The portal will strengthen the career pathways of skilled workers by exploring emerging job opportunities especially in the post COVID era.
  • ASEEM has been developed and will be managed by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) in collaboration with Bengaluru-based Company Betterplace

New startup policy of Uttar Pradesh gets Cabinet nod

July 11, 2020
Startup policy uttar pradesh
  • The state Cabinet cleared the new Uttar Pradesh Startup policy 2020.
  • The objective of the policy is to promote start-ups in the state, establish at least one incubator in each district and 100 incubators across the state, create an ecosystem for establishment of 10,000 staround artups etc.
  • The new policy will be applicable for the next five years.

Himachal’s Nadaun Police Station Among Best In Country

July 11, 2020
Nadaun Police station
  • Himachal Pradesh Nadaun Police Station is declared as one of the best in the country.
  • The ranking of police stations is carried out by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. Himachal DGP Sanjay Kundu presented this certificate of excellence received by him from the Union home minister to the CM.

Rajasthan launches campaign “Pure for Sure” to ensure purity of milk, dairy products

July 11, 2020
pure for sure
  • Rajasthan launched a week long campaign named ”Pure for Sure” to ensure purity of milk and its products.
  • Under the campaign samples of milk and dairy products will be collected for testing at Food Testing Laboratory available at the divisional level and the food safety officers have been directed to send the campaign report to the headquarters on daily basis.

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