Current Affairs - July 14, 2020 Current Affairs

13th July 2020 marks the 206th Birth Anniversary of Bhanubhakta Acharya, he was the first writer to translate the Great Epic of Ancient India- Ramayana from Sanskrit to Nepali. Bhanu Jayanti is also celebrated across the state of Nepal on 13th July every year.

The internet control and regulatory agency of the People's Republic of China- Cyberspace Administration of China has launched a campaign for two month from 13th July 2020. As per the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Campaign is to promote a healthy online environment for all in the country, for this, the websites that have contents aimed at users base of mostly below the age of 18 will be monitored and if required will be blocked or removed for access in China.

FICCI's Economic Outlook Survey projects annual median GDP growth for 2020-21 at (-) 4.5%.

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Britain) has won the Styrian Grand Prix 2020 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-Finland) finished second while Max Verstappen (Red Bull- Belgium) was third.

The Indian army is to acquire hand-launched, remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicle Raven from the US and state-of-the-art Israeli Spike Firefly. The aim is to add lethality to its ground infantry apart from long-range precision artillery shells with a range of over 40 kilometres.

Polish President Andrzej Duda won the 2020 Presidential Election of Poland on 12 July 2020. He has secured another five-year in office. Andrzej Duda's current term will expire on 6 August 2020.

In its fights against combating the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh will be launching a campaign named 'Roko-Toko' in the upcoming days. The campaign will focus on those who are not wearing masks in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Malala day is celebrated by UN on July 12. Pakistan-born Malala Yousafzai won 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.

Google CEO, Sundar Pichai has announced a $10 billion for "GoogleForIndia Digitisation Fund". Under the fund, Google will invest roughly Rs 75,000 crore in India over the next 5-7 years. The investment will be done through a mix of equity investments, partnerships and operational infrastructure in ecosystem investments.

The Ministry of Railways has announced mission mode with the goal of transforming Indian Railways into Green Railways by the year 2030. It has taken a number of major initiatives towards mitigation of global warming and combating climate change

Veteran Gujarati writer and journalist Nagindas Sanghvi dies at 100.He was awarded Padma Shri in 2019.

The Israel Weapon Industries (IWI- Formerly owned by the Israel Government, was privatized in 2005 ) Assault Riffle's- Arad and Carmel will be manufactured at the PLR Systems Private Ltd (PLR- Precise Lethal Reliable) in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district. This will be a major boost to the domestic small arms industry and as well as the Make in India initiative.

Renowned Gujarati cartoonist, Avad Bin Hassan Jami passed away. He was popularly known as "Jami".Cartoons of Avad Bin Hassan Jami were published in Gujarati magazine "Abhiyan" for over two decades.

NTPC Ltd, a central PSU under Minister of Power and India's largest power Generation Company, has won the prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019, under the outstanding Accomplishment in Corporate Excellence Category. NTPC has received Commendation for Significant Achievement in the category of CSR.

India's second Voluntary National Review (VNR) report has been presented by the NITI Aayog at the United Nations High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, 2020.The VNR 2020 report has been titled as "Decade of Action: Taking SDGs from Global to Local" and it accounts for the adoption and implementation of the 2030 Agenda in India. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog: Amitabh Kant.

The Finance Minister of Punjab handed over the request letter to the Union Minister for setting up of one of the three proposed Bulk Drug Park of India in Bhatinda district of Punjab.

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Russia's Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology has successfully completed the Human Clinical Trials. The trials on volunteers were conducted from 18th June 2020 at Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.

The United States-based Multinational Corporation-Qualcomm has informed on 12th July 2020 that it has invested Rs 730 crore in Reliance Industries' subsidiary company- Jio Platforms. Rs 730 crore of investment will translate to 0.15 percent of an equity stake for Qualcomm in Jio Platforms. In a matter of 12 weeks since 22nd April 2020, this was the 13th foreign investment, and the 12th Foreign Investor (Silver Lake has invested Twice) in Jio Platforms.

The National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) will provide a link between the data of 14,000 police stations from across the country. The National Intelligence Grid is expected to go live by the end of the year 2020.

A Comprehensive exercise for mapping of crops under each of the Rythu Bharosa Kendra (RBK) in the state has begun in Andhra Pradesh from 13th July 2020.