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UP govt to start Self test system System at Indira Paryavaran Bhawan in Delhi on
23 Jul 2020.
UP government is going to start Self test system
The National Pass System enhances seamless
for COVID-19 in all districts so that anyone can go
movement of forest produce.
and get himself tested.
People can apply for Passes from their mobile
Around 55,000 COVID tests were conducted on 23
phones as well as receive e passes in their mobile
July 2020 which is highest in the state till date and
phones.
the aim is to increase it to one lakh tests per day.
It is another step which furthers the Digital India
UP is now on the second number in the country in
Movement.
terms of COVID testing.
Permanent Commission to Women Officers
3 MW Solar Power Plant commissioned at INA
Defence Ministry has issued the formal
The Indian Navy has commissioned a three-
Government Sanction Letter for grant of
megawatt solar power plant at Indian Naval
Permanent Commission (PC) to Women Officers
Academy situated in Ezhimala, Kerala.
in the Indian Army.
This is in line with the government initiative of
This will pave the way for empowering Women
‘National Solar Mission’ to achieve 100 gigawatt
Officers to shoulder larger roles in the
of solar power by the year 2022.
organisation.
The solar plant is the largest in the Indian Navy
The order specifies grant of PC to Short Service
and has an estimated life of 25 years.
Commissioned (SSC) Women Officers in all ten
Gujarat Govt to provide free online classes streams of the Indian Army.
In Gujarat, the education department has decided Eligibility criteria for NIT relaxed
to provide online education to all the students
In a major relief to the JEE candidates, the govt
studying in standard 3 to 12 in self-financed
has decided to relax the eligibility criteria for
schools in the state.
admission in the NIT and Centrally Funded
The education will be imparted in both Gujarati
Technical Institutions.
and English medium which will be free of cost.
The candidates who qualified JEE Mains 2020
The decision came after the self-financed schools
exam will now only need to obtain a passing
decided to discontinue online education over fee
certificate in class 12th examination.
concerns.
For admissions in these, it is required to secure a
National Transit Pass System minimum of 75% marks in 12th board exams.
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar virtually 1st ever Ind-SAT Test 2020 conducted
launched piloting of the National Transit Pass
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HRD Ministry conducted the first-ever Indian has renamed the Bilung village in the Bamra
Scholastic Assessment (Ind-SAT) Test 2020 under Tehsil of Sambalpur district to 'Rangabati Bilung'.
its Study in India programme. Mitrabhanu Gauntia, the lyricist of this song, was
Nearly 5000 candidates from Nepal, Ethiopia, born in the Bilung village and has composed
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, about 1,000 Sambalpuri songs.
Sri-Lanka, Kenya, Zambia, Indonesia and Mauritius He also received the Odisha State Sangeet Natak
appeared for the exam on 22 July 2020. Academy Award.
The exam was conducted in the proctored
Riva Ganguly Das: Secretary East in MEA
Internet mode by the National Testing Agency.
India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Riva
Rs 8767 crore approved for 81 projects
Ganguly Das has been appointed by the
The Central government has stepped up its efforts Government as the Secretary East, in the Ministry
for the revival of the real estate sector. of External Affairs.
A fund of 8,767 crore rupees was approved for 81 Ms. Das will succeed Mr Vijay Thakur Singh after
projects which would enable the completion of his retirement on 30th September 2020.
almost 60,000 homes across India. She is an Indian Foreign Service officer of 1986
These projects would also provide employment batch.
opportunities to various skilled and semi-skilled
Tina Dabi appointed BRICS honorary advisor
workers.
IAS officer Tina Dabi has been appointed honorary
AIIMS, IITs developed a wrist band
advisor to the steering committee for BRICS
AIIMS, Nagpur in collaboration with IIT Jodhpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Young
and IIT, Nagpur has indigenously designed and Leaders.
developed a ‘smart wrist band’ for tracking & The appointment is for the session 2020 to 2023.
monitoring of COVID-19 positive and suspect She was the topper of the 2016 civil services
patients. examination.
With the highest-ever single-day spike of 45,720 Dabi is currently posted as a sub-divisional officer
cases, India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 12-lakh (SDO) in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara.
mark on 23 July 2020.
A Coimbatore scientist awarded
The death-toll mounted to 29,861 with a record
1,129 fatalities in a day. An award-winning scientist at the Institute of
Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding,
Sripali Weerakkody announced retirement
Coimbatore has been conferred the National
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced that Sripali Award of excellence.
Weerakkody has decided to retire from Kannan Warrier made several personal visits and
international cricket. enumerated 1128 sacred groves in Alappuzha.
She represented Sri Lanka in 89 ODI internationals He was awarded for outstanding research in
and 58 T20 internationals. forestry, including conservation of endangered
She was a part of the Sri Lankan side in the World sacred groves in the Alappuzha district of Kerala.
Cup in 2013 and 2017, and the 2018 T20 World
China launched independent mission to Mars
Cup.
She was also the part of Sri Lankan team that won China launched its first independent probe
bronze at the 2014 Asian Games. headed to Mars on 23 July 2020, a major
milestone in Beijing’s mission to build a world-
Odisha Govt renamed Bilung Village
class space programme.
In recognition to the popularity of the famous The probe, named Tianwen-1, was launched via a
Odia folk-song 'Rangbati', the Odisha government Long March-5 rocket from Hainan Island and is
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expected to reach Mars’ gravitational field in Medical Officers under Labour & Employees' State
February 2021. Insurance Department from 62 years to 65 years.
Upon a successful landing, the probe is expected It has also sanctioned ₹20.64 crore from CM
to work for at least 90 Mars days. Relief Fund for running new dedicated COVID
hospitals for next three months in Khordha and
Amit Shah launched Tree Plantation Drive-2020
Cuttack districts.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the
Manipur water supply project inaugurated
‘Tree Plantation Drive-2020’, organised by the
Ministry of Coal, on 23 July 2020. PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for
Under the drive, trees will be planted on 6,000 water supply project in Manipur through video
acres of land in 38 districts across ten states. conferencing on 23 July 2020.
The Home Minister also paid tributes to This project will give clean drinking water to
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Chandra Greater Imphal and 1,700 villages in Manipur.
Shekhar Azad on their birth anniversary. The fund for the project has been provided by the
Centre under ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ to provide
ADB, GCF to partner
freshwater household tap connections to 1,185
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the habitations with 1,42,749 households.
Green Climate Fund (GCF) have agreed to partner
US listed Reliance Jio among ''Clean Telcos''
towards a 'green recovery' for members
confronting the harsh economic impact of the The United States has listed Reliance Jio among
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. the companies that are becoming "Clean Telcos".
Under Strategy 2030, ADB will ensure that 75 per They are rejecting doing business with "tools of
cent of its committed projects will support the Chinese Communist Party' surveillance state,
climate change mitigation and adaptation by like Huawei".
2030. Clean Network is a comprehensive effort by a
coalition of like-minded countries and companies
India, Maldives signed a Contract
to secure their critical telecommunications, cloud,
India and Maldives have signed a contract which data analytics, etc. from malign actors.
will allow the construction of fish processing
AP, AMUL sign up to help self-help groups
plants at two Maldives islands.
The contract was signed on July 22, 2020. Andhra Pradesh Govt has signed a MoU
Back in 2019, Maldives and India had signed a with AMUL (Anand Milk Union Limited).
Memorandum Of Understanding which detailed It will provide a fillip to the empowerment of
the setting up of three fish processing plants at women self-help groups and by encouraging the
Maradhoo, Hithadhoo and Hulhudhoo. milk cooperatives in government sector.
AMUL will help the women groups and give dairy
Retirement age of Medical officers extended
farming in the cooperative sector an opportunity
Odisha Govt has extended the retirement age of and exposure to world-class infrastructure,
Medical officers of Odisha Medical and Health technology and marketing opportunities.
Services (OMHS) cadre and Allopathic Insurance
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