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Insights current affairs

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🔷 International Co-operative Day is held annually on the first Saturday

🔷 Theme 2020 : "COOPS 4 Climate Action”

🔷 Ram Nath Kovind Inaugurates Dharma Chakra Day 2020 Celebrations On July 4

🔷 ADB Becomes Observer for the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)

🔷 Centre Extends Tenure of Sukhbir Singh Sandhu as NHAI Chairman for 6 Months Till January 2021

🔷 Union Bank revamps Insurance distribution channels post merger

🔷 NPCI to set up Rs 500-crore Smart data centre in Hyderabad to handle digital transactions

🔷 Chinese Badminton Superstar Lin Dan Announces Retirement

🔷 ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission captures image of Mars’ biggest moon ‘Phobos’

🔷 HRD & Sports Ministry launched ‘Fit Hai to Hit Hai India’ webinar & ‘Fit India Talks’ Sessions for School Students

🔷 Delhi Govt Launches an E-Portal,‘LEAD’ for its Students

🔷 Ladakh launched “Ladakh Food Security Scheme”

🔷 KKR to Buy 54% Stake in JB Chemicals for about Rs 3,100 crore

🔷 IndiaFirst Life Insurance Associates with BOB Financial to Offer COVID-19 cum Hospital Cash Cover to BOB Credit Cardholders

🔷 NLC, Coal India to form 50:50 JV to develop solar and thermal power assets

🔷 M.V Asiatic Moon : A New Shipping Service b/w Kolkata Port & Chattogram ( Bangladesh )Begins 

🔷 PM Modi Launches ‘Aatma Nirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge’

🔷 Tourism Sector Could Lose 1.2 Trillion USD Due To Covid : UNCTAD Report

🔷 Union HRD Minister launches “Drug Discovery Hackathon 2020”

🔷 Russian President Vladimir Putin records victory in Presidential polls

🔷 Two-time Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan retires

🔷 Jean Castex appointed new prime minister of France

🔷 Botswana has world’s largest elephant population : Around 130,000

🔷 Vice President to launch Elyments, the first Indian Social Media Super App

🔷 Zydus Cadila's potential COVID-19 vaccine gets DCGI nod for human clinical trials

🔷 Demand for work under MGNREGA saw 21% jump last June 2020

🔷 Sahiya didis in Jharkhand played important role in door-to-door Intensive Public Health Survey

🔶Harsh Vardhan presided the signing of MoU between CSIR and FSSAI for Collaborative Research and Information Dissemination

🔶Ramesh Pokhriyal Inaugurates Two Day Global Conference on Reimagining and Transforming the University Organised by O.P. Jindal Global University

🔶IBBI amends the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Voluntary Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2017

🔶SEBI revised IFSC guidelines, 2015’ eligibility, shareholding limit for clearing corp at IFSC

🔶IIT-Kharagpur Researchers Bags Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards 2020 for Clean Energy Research

🔶Government Forms Panel Under RoDTEP Scheme for Exporters to be Headed by G K Pillai

🔶Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Irani launches Mobile App & Backend Website for Handloom Mark Scheme

🔶Delhi Airport develops ‘Air Suvidha’ portal for all international arriving passengers across India

🔶IIT Guwahati, in collaboration with Imperial College London, develops nanoparticle ‘meta-grid’

🔶SII Partnered with Gavi and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate the manufacture & Delivery of COVID-19 vaccines for India

🔶ICC Retains India as the Host of 2021 Cricket World Cup & Australia to Host 2020 World Cup in 2022

🔶Former MP Nandi Yellaiah died due to COVID-19 at 85  in Telangana

🔶78th Anniversary of Quit India Movement – August 08, 2020

🔶Meghalaya Cabinet Approves Policy on Reservation of Seats for Women in Village Employment Councils

🔶Flipkart signs MoU with the U.P. Government under  ODOP scheme

🔶Gujarat Announced New Industrial Policy 2020

🔶DIAT, Pune wins first prize in Smart India Hackathon 2020

● 06 June : International Day Of Cooperatives

● 3,18,931.22 Cr. Has Been Allocated For The FY 2019-20 For The Defence Budget

● Govt Announced " Study In India " Programme To Bring Foreign Students To Study In India’s Higher Institutions

● Telangana Ranks No 1 In Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP)

● ICC Cricket WC 2019 Pakistan Beat Bangladesh By 94 Runs

● Pakistan & Bangladesh Out Of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

● New Zealand Team Qualify For 2019 ICC World Cup Semi-Final

● J Bairstow Becomes 1st England Player To Score Back-To-Back 2 WC Centuries

● Canada Open Badminton Tournament 2019 Starts In Calgary , Canada 

● French Lawmakers Approve 3% Tax On Online Giants Like Google , Facebook

● Abhay Appointed As Director Of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy , Hyderabad

● 5th International Army Scout Masters Competition Is Being Held At Jaisalmer

● US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) Honours Azim Premji With Global Excellence Award 2019

● USISPF Honours Mastercard CEO & President Ajay Banga With Global Excellence Award 2019

● UIDAI Started Its 1st Aadhaar Seva Kendra In Delhi & Vijayawada

● Karnataka Bank Launched Web Tool " Vasool So-Ft " For NPA Recovery

● Babar Azam Becomes 2nd Pakistani Player To Score 400+ Runs In A Single World Cup

● Babar Azam Becomes Highest Run Scorer For Pakistan In A Single World Cup ( 476 Runs )

● Paul Stirling Becomes The 1st Player To Score 4,000 ODI Runs For Ireland

● Imam-Ul-Haq (23) Becomes The Youngest Pakistani Player To Score A WC Hundred

● Mustafizur Rahman Becomes Fastest Bangladeshi Player To Take 100 ODI Wkts In 54 Matches

● 7th Animal Film Festival In Suncheonman Will Be Held From August 22

● BJP's S Jaishankar & Jugal Thakor Have Been Elected To Rajya Sabha From Gujarat

● Nageswar Rao Removed From CBI Additional Director Post

● M Nageshwar Rao Appointed As DG Of Fire Services , Civil Defense & Home Guard

● Shakib-Al-Hasan Becomes 3rd Batsman To Hit 600 Runs In One Edition Of World Cup

● Shakib Al Hasan Becomes 1st Player To Aggregate 600 Runs & 10 Wickets In A Single World Cup

● Shaheen Shah Afridi (19) Becomes The Youngest To Take 5 Wicket Haul In World Cup

● UAE To Give Free Mobile Phone SIM Cards To Tourists

● World Heritage Committee Meeting Held In Baku , Azerbaija

● UNESCO Lists Iraq's Babylon As World Heritage Site

● Tunisia Bans Full-Face Veil In All Government Offices

● Russia Launches " Soyuz-2.1 " Rocket With 33 Satellites

● Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina Meets Chinese President Xi Jinping In Beijing

● IOC Was Lifting The Suspension On The Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC)

● Pakistan Cricketer Shoaib Malik Announced His Retirement From ODI Cricket

● Parupalli Kashyap Enter Semi-Final Of Canada Open Badminton Tournament

● Grand Chess Tour Starts In Zagreb , Croatia

● Intercontinental Cup Scheduled To Be Held In Ahmedabad From July 7 to 18

● Zimbabwean Cricketer Tatenda Taibu's Autobiography " Keeper Of Faith " Released

● Army Chief Bipin Rawat Releases Kargil Tribute Song

● PSU Banks Allocated Rs 70,000 Cr Recapitalisation In Union Budget 2019-20

● Odisha Govt Mandates 7 Hour Duty For College Teachers

● Hong Kong Govt Approved 7 Million Hong Kong Dollars To Cyclone Fani Victim's

● NRIs To Get Aadhaar Card Without Waiting For 180 Days

● Manyavar Appoints Kartik Aryan As It's Brand Ambassador

● Amit Sen Appointed As Director (Finance) Of Steel Authority Of India .