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Insights current affairs

🔶DAC approves Rs 38,900 cr capital acquisition of equipment for armed forces; 33 fighter jets to be procured

🔶Union HRD Minister and Union Health Minister Launched Drug Discovery Hackathon 2020 (DDH2020)

🔶NHAI to set up India’s 1st govt sponsored InvIT, Forms Committee to Appoint Senior Management for its Investment Manager Board

🔶77.9% Russians Grant Putin Right to Extend His Rule Until 2036

🔶ADB Joins Network For Greening the Financial System as Observer

🔶RBI conducted OMO of purchase and sale of G-secs for Rs 10,000 cr each; Borrowing facility to banks extended till Sept 30, 2020

🔶HDFC Bank to Offer ‘ZipDrive’, an Online Instant Auto Loans to its Customers

🔶Kotak Mahindra Bank & Innoviti Collaborates to Offer EMIs on Kotak Debit Cards Swiped on Innoviti POS Terminals

🔶India’s External debt increased by 2.8% to $558.5 bn in FY20: RBI data

🔶India’s GDP Likely to Contract by 6.4% in 2020-21 due to Lockdown: Care Ratings

🔶Hardeep Singh Puri Launches Toolkit for 6th Edition of Annual Cleanliness Survey of Urban India ‘Swachh Survekshan 2021’

🔶Freya Thakral, Delhi School Girl Added to 2020’s Diana Award roll of Honours

🔶Kritika Pandey, became overall winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

🔶French PM Edouard Philippe Resigns, Reshuffle Expected

🔶Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Chairman of NHAI gets 6 months extension

🔶 Intel Capital to buy 0.39% stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 1,894.50 crore

🔶IIT Kanpur Develops Virtual Classroom Aid, ‘Mobile Masterjee’

🔶Researches Found Jupiter Like Planet :TOI-849b,  First Ever Planetary Core

🔶Lt Col Bharat Pannu Becomes First Indian To Secures Podium Position In International Ultracycling Race: Finished 3rd In 1st Edition VRAAM 2020

🔶 Veteran Bollywood Choreographer Saroj Khan Passes Away

🔶Delhi Govt to Launch ‘Podhe Lagao Prayavaran Bachao’, a 17 day Campaign to Reduce Air Pollution

🔶 Dadasaheb Phalke and Sahitya Akademi Winner Ratnakar Matkari Posthumously Honoured by Maharashtra Government

● MS Dhoni Becomes 2nd Player After Sachin Tendulkar To Play 350 ODIs For India

● S Tinaikar Takes Charge As Force Commander Of UN Mission In South Sudan

● Indian Naval Ship " Tarkash " Arrives At Tangier , Morocco For 3 Day Visit

● R Kumar Appointed Director To State Nutrition Mission , UP

● Fuzhou , China Will Host The Next Meeting Of The World Heritage Committee In 2020

● Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship Starts In Apia, Samoa 

● Rekhamoni Gogoi Won Silver In 40KG Category At Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

● Bornali Borah Won Gold In 45KG Category At Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

● Mirabai Chanu Won Gold In 49KG Category At Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

● Jhilli Dalabehra Won Gold In 45KG Category At Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

● S B Devi Won Gold In 55KG Category At Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

● Matsa Santoshi Won Silver In 55KG Category At Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

● Rishikanta Singh Won Gold In 55Kg Men's Category At Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

● India Won 13 Medals On The Opening Day Of The Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship

● Operation " Sudarshan " Launched By BSF To Fortify Anti-Infiltration Grid Along The Pakistan Border In Punjab & Jammu

● Women Startup Summit Will Be Held In Kochi From August 1

● Vasundhara Pathak Appointed As Chairperson Of J&K State Commission For Protection Of Women & Child Rights

● International Youth Football Tournament Gothai Cup 2019 At Gothenburg , Sweden

● U15 Girls Team SC Nagaland Represent India At International Youth Football Tournament 2019

● Bicycle Sharing Scheme Will Be Introduced In Puducherry

● 2nd India-Russia Strategic Economic Dialogue Held In New Delhi

● FanMojo Appoints Prithvi Shaw As It's Brand Ambassador

● Hero MotoCorp Appoints Vikram Kasbekar As Chief Technology Officer

● Haryana Govt Announced The Launch Of ' Meri Fasal Mera Byora ' Portal For Farmers 

● World's Largest Burn & Plastic Surgery Institute Inaugurated In Dhaka

● India vs New Zealand Semifinal Will Resume On The Reserve Day ( Today )

● France To Impose Green Tax Of Up To 18 Euros On Plane Tickets

● " Amma Youth Sports Scheme " To Be Launched In Tamil Nadu 

● Andhra Pradesh Govt Launched ' Navaratnalu ' & ' YSR Pension Scheme '

● MP Govt Renamed ' Saral Bijli Yojana ' To ' Indira Gruh Jyoti Yojana '

● Arun Kumar Appointed As Head Of Directorate General Of Civil Aviation

● P K Purwar Appointed As Chaiman & Managing Director BSNL

● Serena Williams Reaches Women's Singles Semi-Final Of Wimbledon Tennis Championships

● 1 In 4 Pakistani Kids Won't Complete Primary Education By 2030 : Unesco

● 30th World University Games Starts In Napoli , Italy 

● Dutee Chand Won Gold In Women's 100 M Race At 30th World University Games

● India - Myamnar Hold Bilateral Meeting On Drug Trafficking Held In Delhi

● Former President Of Argentina Fernando De La Rua Passed Away

● AIBA Mens World Championships To Be Held In Russia From September 7

● Ashalata Devi Has Been Named As AIFF ' Women's Footballer Of The Year For 2018-19 '

● Sunil Chhetri Has Been Named As AIFF ' Men's Footballer Of The Year For 2018-19 '

● Sahal Abdul Samad Has Been Named As AIFF ' Emerging Men's Footballer Of The Year '

● Dangmei Grace Has Been Named As AIFF ' Emerging Women's Footballer Of The Year 

● 2nd J&K State ' Jeet Kune Do ' Championship Begins In Srinagar

● Commonwealth Judo Championship 2019 To Be Held In UK From September 22

● Olympic Gold Medallist Balbir Singh Conferred With Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award

● 129th Durand Cup Football Tournament To Be Held In West Bengal From August 2

● Govt Launched " Control Of Pollution " Programme For Reduce Pollution