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Andhra Pradesh observes Farmers’ Day as tribute to YSR Reddy on his birth anniversary

July 8, 2020
Farmers’ Day
  • The state of Andhra Pradesh is commemorating July 8 as Rythu Dinotsavam (Farmers’ Day) as it signifies the birth anniversary of YS Rajasekhara Reddy, the 14th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh who worked from 2004 to 2009. On the first day of his term in 2004, YSR Reddy gave free electricity to farmers in a campaign project.

New Building of IARI, Jharkhand titled after Dr.Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

July 8, 2020
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
  • The new administrative and academic building of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), located at Gouria Karma in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand is titled after Shyama Prasad Mukherjee the originator of Bharatiya Jan Sangh, on the occasion of his birth anniversary.

United Nations declares US to withdraw from WHO in July 2021

July 8, 2020
WHO
  • The United States will withdraw from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on July 6, 2021, the United Nations announced on 8th July, after getting notification of the decision by President Donald Trump, who has sued the agency of becoming a puppet for China during the coronavirus pandemic.

Fino Payments Bank starts ‘Bhavishya’ savings account for minors

July 8, 2020
Fino Payments Bank
  • Fino Payments Bank Limited (FPBL) has started a savings bank account ‘Bhavishya’ for minor children aged between 10 and 18 years on 7th July 2020 to allow children banking ready from an early age and teach a savings habit among them.

Karur Vysya Bank pairs-up with Star Health Insurance

July 8, 2020
Karur Vysya Bank
  • The Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) on 6th July declared it has entered into a pair-up with Star Health and Allied Insurance to provide health insurance products to its clients.

Sijo Kuruvilla George selected to Centre’s committee on science and tech policy

July 8, 2020
Sijo Kuruvilla George
  • The founding CEO of Startup Village and founder of Re-think Foundation, Sijo Kuruvilla George, has been designated as member of Central Government’s Expert Committee on Science and Technology Policy.

Indian Coast Guard & Indonesia Coast Guard ink MoU to uplift maritime relations

July 8, 2020
Indian Coast Guard & Indonesia Coast Guard sign MoU to boost maritime relations
  • The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Bakamla RI (Indonesian Coast Guard) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on ‘Maritime Safety and Security’ to promote maritime relations.

IOA takes new identity on its 100-year milestone at the Olympic Games

July 8, 2020
IOA
  • The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on 6th June approved a new branding and visual identity, including an institutional and a commercial logo, to commemorate a century of participation of the country’s players at the Summer Olympics.

Amit Phangal placed world no.1, Manju Rani grabbed the second spot as per latest AIBA release

July 8, 2020
Amit Phangal
  • The International Boxing Association has issued the world rankings 2020 for women’s and men’s boxing.
  • Amit Phangal has been stood no.1 in the men’s 52kg weight category as per the latest rankings issued by the Amateur Indian Boxing Association (AIBA).

Equitas Small Finance Bank starts video KYC account

July 8, 2020
Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited
  • Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited has started a facility for opening an account through video KYC.
  • With this, any person anywhere in the country can initiate a savings account with Equitas Small Finance Bank; complete the full KYC through video with the Bank employee.

Citi predicts India’s FY21 GDP forecast at -6%

July 8, 2020
GDP
  • Brokerage firm Citi has predicted India’s GDP for FY21 to decline by 6%. The prediction has been lessened by Citi, as compared to its earlier estimate of -3.5%.

Private players to start rail passenger services by April 2023

July 8, 2020
Railways
  • Private players will start rail passenger services by April 2023, and they will operate only five percent of the Railways’ total mail and express trains. The remaining 95 percent of the trains in India will be operated by Railways.

Jharkhand starts immunization drive for 44K kids of migrant workers

July 8, 2020
Jharkhand launches immunization drive for 44K kids of migrant workers
  • The Jharkhand health department has started a major drive to immunize the deprived children. They recognized the children during an intensive door-to-door survey.

COVID-19 War Room to be developed in Delhi to check the spread of virus

July 8, 2020
Corona sufferers
  • The Delhi government will develop a ‘COVID-19 War Room’, which will 24×7 monitor the city’s fight against the novel COVID-19, and recommend measures to effectively deal with the prevailing situation.

The Himalayan butterfly is Indias largest Butterfly

July 8, 2020
Himalayan butterfly
  • The Himalayan butterfly called Golden Birdwing has become India’s largest butterfly and smashed the record made by an unknown specimen, which was held for 88 years.

Sumit Nagal clinches PSD Bank Nord Open tournament in Germany

July 8, 2020
Sumit Nagal
  • Young tennis star Sumit Nagal has become the first Indian to win an international tournament in the COVID-19 era after he boosted the PSD Bank Nord Open trophy, a locally organised clay court tournament in Germany.

Germany becomes the first major economy to phase out coal, nuclear power

July 8, 2020
thermal plant
  • German lawmakers have concluded the country’s long-awaited phase-out of coal as an energy source, supporting a plan that environmental groups say isn’t ambitious enough and free marketeers probe as a waste of taxpayers’ money.

AIR to telecast its first-ever ‘News Magazine’ programme in Sanskrit

July 9, 2020
AIR
  • All India Radio (AIR) will telecast its first-ever ‘News Magazine’ programme in Sanskrit on 4th July which will have news from the world of Sanskrit and notable developments of the week.

Odisha to be the first state in India to use space Technology & Artificial Intelligence for Safeguarding Government Lands

July 9, 2020
Govt. of Odisha
  • Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on July 8 released Bhubaneshwar Land Use Intelligence System (BLUIS) to observe changes in all the government lands in Bhubaneshwar.
  • Odisha has become the first state in the country to hit artificial intelligence (AI) and space technology for safeguarding the government land.

Maldives, Sri Lanka drop measles and rubella, ahead of 2023 target said WHO

July 9, 2020
WHO
  • Sri Lanka and the Maldives have become the first two countries in the World Health Organisation’s South-East Asia region to drop both measles and rubella ahead of a 2023 target, the UN health agency declared 8th July.

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