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

July 11, 2020
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  • 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

PM Modi inaugurated 750 MW Madhya Pradesh Solar Project

July 11, 2020
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  • 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.

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.

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.

India-European Union virtual bilateral summit on July 15

July 11, 2020
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  • 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.

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.

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

July 11, 2020
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  • 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.

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.

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.

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