CURRENT AFFAIRS
JULY -29
National
- A fleet of five French-manufactured Rafale multi-role combat jets arrived in India.
- Rafale Jets landed at the Ambala Air Force base after covering a distance of 7,000 km from the Merignac airbase in French port city of Bordeaux.
- Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri DV Sadananda Gowda has launched four schemes for the promotion of domestic manufacturing of bulk drugs and medical devices parks in the country.
International
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved USD 4.3 billion to South Africa in emergency funding, the largest amount given to any country to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
- South Africa is the worst-hit country in the continent with over 4,50,000 cases.
Banking
- Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and SBI Card has launched a new Co-branded Contactless Credit Card on RuPay Platform.
Awards & Rewards
- The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has announced the winners of “MoES National Awards for excellence in Earth System Science”.
| Award | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Life Time Excellence Award | Professor Ashok Sahni | |
| National Award for Atmospheric Science & technology | Dr. S. Suresh Babu | |
| National award for Geoscience & technology | N. V. Chalapathi Rao | |
| 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 | |
| National Award for Ocean Science & technology | Dr. V. V. S. S. Sarma |
Science & Technology
- Acculi Labs, a Bangalore based startup has been selected by Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID-19 Health Crisis (CAWACH), an initiative by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to develop “Lyfas COVID score”, a COVID risk assessment profile.
Sports
- England cricketer, Stuart Broad becomes 7th bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket.
- Leicester City striker, Jamie Vardy has bagged the Premier Leagues Golden Boot football award after netting 23 goals across the 2019/20 season.
- Bangladeshi pacer, Kazi Anik Islam has been handed a 2-year ban by the national cricket board for failing a dope test in 2018.
Obituaries
- The founder and President of Balala Hakula Sangham, P Achyuta Rao passed away due to COVID-19. He was a well-known child rights activist and had founded Balala Hakula Sangham in 1984.
Miscellaneous
- Ministry of Earth Sciences has launched the “MoES-Knowledge Resource Centre Network (KRCNet)” under the Digital India initiative of Government of India.
- The Lucknow Municipal Corporation has named a road and a crossing in the city after former Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon.
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