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Hardik Satishchandra Shah elected as the new Private Secretary to PM Modi

July 31, 2020
Hardik Satishchandra Shah
  • Hardik Satishchandra Shah who is currently serving as a Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has been appointed as the Private Secretary (PS) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Andhra Pradesh Govt partnered with Amazon

July 31, 2020
Amazon
  • Andhra Pradesh Govt signed an MoU with Amazon with an aim to train, assist women entrepreneurs to make toys and other items, and help them market the products under its ‘Saheli’ programme.

MobiKwik launches personal UPI payment link mpay.me

July 31, 2020
MobiKwik
  • Mobikwik that operates businesses in consumer payments, payment gateway and financial services, has launched mpay.me – a UPI payment link service to send and receive money from any UPI payment app. mpay.me claims to simplify the process of sending and receiving money especially when a sender and a receiver are on different UPI apps.

India hands over 10 broad-gauge diesel locomotives to Bangladesh

July 31, 2020
10 broad-gauge diesel locomotives
  • India handed over ten broad-gauge diesel locomotives to Bangladesh. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar flagged them off online in presence of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and several dignitaries from across the border.

Indian supported Bangladesh in the reconstruction of 300-year-old Kali temple

July 31, 2020
Indian supported Bangladesh
  • India helped Bangladesh in reconstructing Sree Sree Jai Kali Matar temple at Natore, Bangladesh.
  • The temple is jointly inaugurated by High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das on 27 July along with State Minister of ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak.

Niti Aayog’s Aspirational Districts Ranking for Feb-June topped by Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

July 31, 2020
NITI Aayog
  • Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh has topped the list of aspirational districts ranked by government think-tank Niti Aayog for the February-June 2020 period.
  • Ri-Bhoi (Meghalaya) and Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) have been placed at the second and third positions respectively.Nawada (Bihar) has been ranked fourth and Moga (Punjab) is at the fifth place.

12 AMRIT pharmacies started in J&K

July 31, 2020
AMRIT pharmacies
  • The Jammu and Kashmir Government has established 12 AMRIT Pharmacies across the UT to reduce Out of Pocket Expenditure for consumers. These stores provide branded drugs and implants surgical and disposable at affordable prices.

A new Entrepreneurship Development Programme launched by Kerala Govt.

July 31, 2020
Entrepreneurship Development Programme
  • Entrepreneurship Development Programme launched by the Kerala government to help the start-ups and small entrepreneurs financially to face this COVID Pandemic.
  • The program will launch 1,000 new small and medium ventures every year.

Child Rights Activist Achyutha Rao passes away

July 30, 2020
Achyutha Rao
  • Prominent child rights activist Achyutha Rao has passed away due to the COVID-19 virus. He was 58 years old.
  • He was the founder of Balala Hakula Sangam, a child rights organization, in 1985 along with his wife Anuradha.

Actor Kumkum passes away

July 30, 2020
Kumkum
  • Veteran Bollywood actor Kumkum, who featured in over 100 films and popular songs such as “Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar” and “Mere Mehboob Qayamat Hogi”, passed away on Tuesday at her residence in Bandra, Mumbai. She was 86.

Bollywood action director Parvez Khan passes away

July 30, 2020
Parvez Khan
  • Bollywood director, Parvez Khan passed away. He is known for his work in Andhadhun, Johnny Gaddaar, and Bullett Raja, has passed away after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 55.

Bangladesh Pace Bowler Kazi Anik got two-year ban for the doping violation

July 30, 2020
Kazi Anik
  • The Bangladesh national cricket board has handed over a two-year ban to young pacer Kazi Anik Islam for failing a dope test in 2018. The two-year ban of the 21-year-old has begun on February 8, 2019.

Jamie Vardy awarded with ‘Golden Boot’ while Ederson with ‘Golden Glove’

July 30, 2020
Golden Boot
  • In Football, Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has won the 2019-20 Premier League Golden Boot award, which is presented to the leading goalscorer in the Premier League.
  • The 33-year-old Vardy became the top scorer after finishing the season with 23 goals. Apart from this, Manchester City’s Brazilian keeper Ederson has won the Premier League’s Golden Glove award, which is given to the goalkeeper with the cleanest sheets for the season.

Varun Sridhar appointed as the CEO of Paytm Money

July 30, 2020
Varun Sridhar
  • Paytm Money has appointed Varun Sridhar as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. He will replace former MD and CEO Pravin Jadhav. Sridhar will be reporting to Amit Nayyar, the President at Paytm.

India’s first solar-powered ferry ‘Aditya’ wins global honor for best passenger ferry

July 30, 2020
Aditya
  • Aditya, India’s first solar-powered ferry has won the inaugural Gustave Trouve Award for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating.
  • The ferry ‘Aditya’ was adjudged the world’s best electric boat in the category of ferries designed for paid passenger service.

Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenković re-elected

July 30, 2020
Andrej Plenković
  • Andrej Plenković re-elected as Prime Minister of Croatia. Plenković was the prime minister of the previous government which was also led by his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party.

India to set up solar power park in Sri Lanka

July 30, 2020
solar plant
  • As part of a strategy to project its presence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) amid Chinese attempts to lure nations into its ‘Belt and Road’ initiative, India plans to build a solar power park in Sri Lanka.
  • India’s largest power generation utility NTPC Ltd plans to set up this project in the island nation under the aegis of International Solar Alliance (ISA).

GOI approved MoU between India and Zimbabwe

July 30, 2020
India and Zimbabwe
  • GOI approved MoU between India and Zimbabwe on Cooperation in the field of Traditional System of Medicine and Homeopathy to enhance cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy. 
  • The aim is to strengthen, promote and develop co-operation in the field of traditional systems of medicine between the two countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.

Uttarakhand launched First UDAN-RCS service

July 30, 2020
UDAN-RCS service
  • Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, MoS, I/C, Civil Aviation flagged off the first helicopter service by Pawan Hans in Uttarakhand under the UDAN-RCS scheme on 29 July.
  • The new heli service will enable connectivity between Dehradun, New Tehri, Srinagar and Gauchar. It will enhance the aerial connectivity between hilly regions in Uttarakhand. It will reduce the average travel time to 20-25 minutes. The move will assist the Chaar Dhaam Yatra pilgrims.

National Awards for excellence in Earth System Science announced by MOES

July 30, 2020
MOES
  • National Awards for excellence in Earth System Science announced by MOES.
  • Life Time Excellence Award – Professor Ashok Sahni – for his contribution to the field of Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology and Biostratigraphy.
  • National Award for Ocean Science & technology – Dr. V. V. S. S. Sarma – Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Vishakapatnam and Dr. M. Ravichandran, Director, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa.
  • Dr. Sarma – for his contributions in understanding biogeochemistry of the Indian Ocean.
  • National Award for Atmospheric Science & technology – Dr. S. Suresh Babu
  • National award for Geoscience & technology – N. V. Chalapathi Rao, Department of Geology
  • National Award for Ocean Technology – Dr. M. A. Atmanand
  • Anna Mani award for woman scientist – Dr. Lidita D. S. Khandeparker
  • Young Researcher Awards – Dr. Indra Sekhar Sen & Dr. Arvind Singh Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad

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