CURRENT AFFAIRS CAPSULE (MARCH 2020 TO SEPTEMBER 2020) (FOR SBI CLERK 2020 MAINS EXAMINATION)

• The Union Cabinet has approved the launch of

September 2020 a “Mission Karmayogi” National Programme for

Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB). • Flight Lieutenant, Shivangi Singh to become the • According to the World Risk Index (WRI) 2020, first woman fighter pilot of India to fly the Rafale India has been ranked at the 89th spot among combat aircraft that was formally inducted into 181 Countries. Vanuatu followed by Tonga the Indian Air Force(IAF) topped the list. • The Ministry of Electronics and Information • Time Magazine has released the TIME 100 Most Technology (MeitY) and NITI Aayog will organize Influential People List 2020. Prime Minister of a summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI), RAISE India, Shri is the only politician on 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment the list. 2020′ • World Bank released the report titled “The • The Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board Human Capital Index 2020 Update: Human (UTDB) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police Capital in the Time of COVID-19”. India ranked (ITBP) signed a memorandum of understanding 116 in the list which is topped by Singapore. (MoU) to promote adventure sports activities • India has been ranked 105th position “Global at Tehri Lake in the state. Economic Freedom Index 2020 Annual Report” • Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved by Canada’s Fraser Institute, which has been the setting up of 3-member committee headed released in India in conjunction with Center for by Lt. Gen. Shekatkar (retired) to review Civil Society, New Delhi-based think tank. the effective utilization of the Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services (AFHQ CS) The list was topped by Hong Kong , followed by cadre. Singapore. • India has withdrawn its participation from the • India has joined the group of top 50 countries in multilateral Military Exercise “Kavkaz 2020” to be the global innovation index for the first time, held in Russia. moving up four places to the 48th rank . • The Lok Sabha has passed the Salary, Switzerland, Sweden, the US, the UK and the Allowances and Pension of Members of Netherlands lead the innovation ranking, and the Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020 on 15 top 5 positions. September 2020. The bill seeks to cut salaries of • The interim President of Mali, Bah Ndaw, has all Members of Parliaments (MPs) by 30 per named former Malian Foreign Minister Moctar cent for a period of one year. Ouane as the new prime minister of Mali. • India has been elected as a member of the • President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi United Nation’s Commission on Status of Mohamed has appointed Mohamed Hussein Women, a body of the Economic and Social Roble as the new Prime Minister of Somalia. Council (ECOSOC). • Former rebel military commander, Ishmael • Central Government has constituted an Toroama has been elected as president Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) to of Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua oversee the process of the corporatisation of the New Guinea. Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). Defence Minister • Mexico has become the first country in the world Rajnath Singh is the chairman of this EGoM. to issue a sovereign bond linked to the • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will digitally launch sustainable development goals set by the United the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana. Nations. Along with the scheme, the PM will also launch • Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide e-Gopala application. The scheme aims to Suga has been elected as the new Chief of enhance fish production to 70 lakh tonnes by country’s ruling, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 2024-25. and Prime Minister-designate of Japan. • India and Japan signed an agreement concerning Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services • Government of Australia has appointed former between the Armed Forces of India and The Self- cricketer, Matthew Hayden and Indian-origin Defense Forces of Japan. politician Lisa Singh as trade envoys for • Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry have advancing business ties with India. launched a toll-free mental health rehabilitation • President of the USA, Donald Trump has helpline “KIRAN”. The helpline was launched in announced Wilmington, North Carolina as the view of the growing incidence of Mental Illness. first World War II Heritage City. • National Nutrition Week is observed every year • The United Kingdom and the United Nations are from 1st September to 7th September since 1982 going to co-organise a global climate summit on and can be considered a significant period to December 12, 2020, to mark the fifth anniversary raise awareness on the therapeutic effects of the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement of foods. in 2015.

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• The 10th Meeting of the BRICS High enable users to safely transact with their debit or Representatives on National Security was hosted credit cards. by the current chair of BRICS i.e. Russia. • HCL Technologies and Google Cloud has • The Environment Ministerial Meeting (EMM) of announced the expansion of their strategic the G20 countries was held through video partnership to bring HCL’s Actian portfolio, conferencing under the Presidency of Kingdom of starting with Actian Avalanche, to Google Cloud. Saudi Arabia. • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed • The 1st World Solar Technology Summit was an agreement for $15 million of debt financing held virtually. The summit was inaugurated by through the subscription of nonconvertible Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. debentures for Suguna Foods Private • India has entered into a Memorandum of Limited (Suguna). The deal will help in sustaining Understanding (MoU) with Denmark in the field poultry farming operations, as well as rural of Intellectual Property (IP) Cooperation. livelihoods and food security in India during the • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted in- COVID-19 pandemic. principle approval to Vakrangee Ltd to set • The Insurance Regulatory and Development up Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU) Authority of India (IRDAI) has identified Life to handle payment services related to bills. Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), General • IDBI become the first to implement the new Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) and New feature of document embedding facility with India Assurance as domestic systemically Letter of Credit (LC) / Bank Guarantee (BG) important insurers (D-SIIs). IRDAI has also messages over SFMS (Structured Financial subsequently decided to subject the three Messaging System) platform of Indian Financial insurers to enhanced regulatory supervision. Technology and Allied Services (IFTAS). • The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras • The Reserve Bank of India has announced that it has successfully developed ‘MOUSHIK’, an will launch “Positive Pay System” for Cheque indigenously-made microprocessor for the Truncation System from 01st January, Internet of things (IoT) devices. 2021. Banks will be required to enable the • Defence Research and Development system for all account holders issuing cheques Organisation (DRDO) has successfully flight- for amounts of Rs 50,000 and above. tested a Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will implement Vehicle (HSTDV), which is an unmanned the “Technology Vision for Cyber Security’ for scramjet vehicle with the ability to travel at six Urban Co-operative Banks (2020-2023) to times the speed of sound. enhance the IT security system of Urban • Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Co-operative banking to prevent, detect, respond students have launched a free-of-cost mobile to and recover from cyber-attacks. scanner application “AIR Scanner”. • State Bank of India is planning to launch a loan • World’s Largest Solar Tree has been developed product named “SAFAL” for organic cotton by the CSIR-CMERI. The solar tree has been growers. The product Safe and Fast Agriculture installed at the Residential Colony of CSIR- Loan (SAFAL) is primarily focussed on organic CMERI in Durgapur, West Bengal. cotton growers who don’t have any credit history. • P D Vaghela was appointed as chairman of • The Priority Sector Lending (PSL) Guidelines TRAI. have been reviewed by the Reserve Bank of • Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has India. In the revised PSL Guidelines, the Reserve announced Shekhar Kapur as the new President Bank of India has included some fresh of Film and Television Institute of India categories eligible for finance under priority (FTII) Society and Chairman of FTII Governing sector. These include loans to farmers for Council. installation of solar power plants; loans for • RBI appointed A K Dixit as administrator to PMC establishment of Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) bank. plants; and bank finance to start-ups of up to • A Joint Venture(JV) of Public Sector ₹50 crore. Undertakings, under the Ministry of Power, • E-commerce marketplace, Flipkart and Bajaj Government of India, Energy Efficiency Services Allianz General Insurance have launched a cyber Ltd (EESL) has appointed Rajat Sud as its insurance cover for online financial frauds. The new Managing Director. product, ‘Digital Suraksha Group Insurance’, will • Anil Dhasmana has been appointed as the help customers who want to cover themselves chief of the National Technical Research against financial losses caused as a result of Organisation. cyber attacks. • Narendra Singh Tomar takes additional charge of • The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has Ministry of Food processing Industries. approved the acquisition of 100% equity shares • Jane Fraser named first female CEO of Citi of Medlife International Private Limited (“Medlife”) group. by API Holdings Private Limited (“API Holdings”). • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has • Google Pay has partnered with VISA for the appointed Takeo Konishi as its new Country rollout of tokenization across its platform that will Director for India.

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• Harivansh Narayan Singh was re-elected deputy • Chef Vikas Khanna has been chosen to be chairman of Rajya Sabha. honoured with the prestigious Asia Game • Rajesh Khullar has been appointed as Executive Changer Award 2020. Director at World Bank . • The Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) in • United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has Rome, Italy, has become the first airport in the appointed Bollywood Actor Ayushmann Khurrana world to be certified with “COVID-19 5-star airport as its celebrity advocate for children’s rights rating” from Skytrax, a U.K.-based airport and campaign, ”For Every Child”. airline review firm. FCO, also known as • Subhash Kamath has been elected as the the Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, is the chairman of the board of governors of the busiest airport in Italy. Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). • Managing Director of HDFC Bank, Aditya • Paresh Rawal was appointed chairman of Puri has been conferred the Lifetime National School of Drama. Achievement Award by Euromoney Awards of • Anil Jain becomes President of All India Tennis Excellence 2020. Association. • Sir David Attenborough was conferred with the • Murali RamaKrishnan was appointed MD and prestigious Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for the CEO of South Indian Bank. year 2019. He is an English broadcaster and a • S Krishnan was appointed MD and CEO of historian. He is popular for writing and presenting Punjab and Sind Bank. the BBC Natural History Unit. • The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has • Team of NTPC Limited, the Central PSU under approved the appointment of the current Ministry of Power, has won the All India chairman of the Railway Board VK Yadav as Management Association (AIMA) Chanakya the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). (Business Simulation Game) National • Hemant Khatri (Retd) has assumed charge as the Management Games (NMG) 2020. Chairman and Managing Director of state-owned • The Hyderabad International Airport or GMR led defence shipbuilder, Hindustan Shipyard Ltd Rajiv Gandhi International Airport won the • Usha Padhee has been given additional charge ‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy st as Director-General of the Bureau of Civil Efficient Unit’ awards at the 21 National Awards Aviation Security (BCAS). She is the first woman for ‘Excellence in Energy Management’. and third IAS officer to have been appointed to • Novak Djokovic has defeated Argentine Diego the post. Schwartzman, to win 2020 Men’s Single Italian • The Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of the Open title. Simona Halep defeated champion Ananda Bazar Group of Publications, Aveek Karolina Pliskova, to win women’s single Italian Sarkar has been elected as the chairman of Open title. Press Trust of India. • Austria’s Dominic Thiem defeated Alexander • Rajiv Kumar took charge as Election Zverev to win the men’s singles title at the 2020 Commissioner of India. US Open tournament. • The incumbent Emir (King or Ruler) of the • Japan’s Naomi Osaka defeated Victoria Kuwait Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, has passed Azarenka of Belarus to clinch the Women’s away. Singles title in the 2020 US Open Tennis • Kerala Tourism’s ‘Human by Nature Print tournament. Campaign’ bagged the Prestigious Pacific Asia • Indian Police Officer, Poonam Khatri has claimed Travel Association (PATA) Grand Title Winner World Championship status after her silver medal 2020 for Marketing. at the Wushu World Championship last year has • Sonu Sood has been conferred the prestigious been upgraded to a Gold medal. SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by • Indian Grandmaster P Iniyan has won the th the United Nations Development Programme prestigious 48 Annual World Open online chess (UNDP) tournament. • The Maharashtra government has announced the Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar award for August 2020 the year 2020-21 to veteran female playback singer Usha Mangeshkar. • Google has launched its employment application • Kerala has won the United Nations Inter-Agency named ‘Kormo Jobs’ in India. Task Force on the Prevention and Control of NATI • Tata Group is launching a new app named Noncommunicable Diseases Awards 2020 for “Super App”. its “outstanding contribution” towards the non- • Uttar Pradesh government has signed a ‘plan of communicable diseases-related sustainable ONA cooperation’ with Israel government to resolve development goals. water crisis in Bundelkhand region. • Margaret Atwood has won the 2020 Dayton • A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has Literary Peace Prize’s lifetime achievement L been signed by the Indian Institute of award. The award celebrates literature’s power to Management Kozhikode (IIM-K) with the foster peace, social justice and global Switzerland-based HELP Logistics. understanding.

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• Chunauti”, a Next Generation Startup Challenge • The Africa Regional Certification Commission Contest has been launched by the Union Minister (ARCC), an independent body set up by the for Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi World Health Organization (WHO), has certified Shankar Prasad. the African continent free from wild Polio virus. • The longest river ropeway of India has been • Francisco Pascual Eyegue Obama Asue was inaugurated in Assam. The ropeway is 1.8 Km reappointed as the Prime Minister of the Republic long and connects Southern Bank in Guwahati of Equatorial Guinea for 3rd consecutive term. and North Guwahati over Brahmaputra river. • Keith Rowley sworn in as Prime Minister of the • An “Innovation Challenge Fund” of £3 Million has Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for a 2nd been launched by the government of United consecutive 5-year term. Kingdom (UK) in India. • Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has • Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched the Tribal resigned and dissolved parliament hours after Health and Nutrition Portal “Swasthya” and e- mutinying soldiers detained him. newsletter on health and nutrition “ALEKH”. • The Prime Minister of Lebanon, Hassan Diab and • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced his entire government has resigned, in the wake the “One Sun, One World, One Grid” (OSOWOG) of the major blast in Beirut that has triggered plan. Under this, there will be a trans-national public outrage, and anger at the Lebanese electricity grid, for supplying solar power across government for their failure to prevent the the globe. disaster. • Union Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar • Walter Roger Martos Ruiz becomes new Prime has launched National Portal on Human-Elephant Minister of Peru conflict called “SURAKHSYA”. • President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko has • The submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) won his sixth consecutive term. connecting Andaman & Nicobar Islands to the • A “state of environmental emergency” has been mainland has been launched. The 2300 Kms declared by the island nation of Mauritius. The long submarine cable will boost the endless environmental emergency has been declared as opportunities in the Andaman & Nicobar a Japanese bulk carrier “MV Wakashio” ran Islands by providing better internet & mobile aground on a reef in Mauritius and began leaking connectivity. oil into the ocean. • Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh • The United Arab Emirates became the first Arab Chouhan has announced that the Gwalior- country to open a nuclear power plant, when the Chambal Expressway will be named Shri Atal Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Plant in Abu Dhabi, Bihari Vajpayee Chambal Progressway. got operational. • Goa’s traditional festive sweet dish ‘Khaje’, spicy • HDFC Bank has announced a strategic Harmal Chilli and Myndoli Banana (Moira partnership with Adobe to enhance the Digital Banana) has obtained Geographical Indication Experiences of its Customers. (GI) tag from the Geographical Indications • The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Registry. Development has revealed a dedicated debt and • Mumbai’s Dadar has become the first in India to credit guarantee product named as “Structured have women symbols on traffic signals and Finance and Partial Guarantee Program for Non- signage. Banking Finance Companies (NBFC)-Micro • A sports gaming platform, WTF Sports has Finance Institutions (MFIs)”. appointed cricketers Harmanpreet Kaur and • ICICI Bank uses satellite data to assess the Suresh Raina as its global brand ambassadors. creditworthiness of farmers. ICICI Bank has • NITI Aayog has released the report on Export become the first bank in India to use such a Preparedness Index (EPI) 2020 in partnership technique to measure an array of parameters and with the Institute of Competitiveness. Gujarat, use it in combination with demographic and Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu occupied the top financial parameters to make quick lending three ranks in the Export Preparedness Index decisions for farmers. (EPI) 2020. • HDFC Bank has launched “Shaurya KGC Card” • According to the data provided by Ministry of for Indian armed forces personnel. The card will Finance to Rajya Sabha, Tamil Nadu has topped offer agriculture loans for military and paramilitary the list of Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) professionals. A first-of-its-kind product for over in availing loans to women. It was followed by 45 lakh Indian armed forces personnel. West Bengal and Karnataka. • Punjab National Bank has launched a campaign • The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has named ‘DIGITAL APNAYEN’ to encourage retained the top position in the ‘Atal Ranking of customers to use digital banking channels. Institutions on Innovation Achievements,’ (ARIIA) • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up an 2020 for being the best centrally funded expert committee under veteran banker KV institution in India. Kamath to suggest financial parameters for • Swachh Survekshan 2020 awards have been resolution of Covid-19 related stressed assets. announced and Indore became India’s cleanest • RBI’s 2nd Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement city for the fourth year in a row. 2020-21.

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• The repo rate under the liquidity adjustment • Sports eyewear brand “Oakley” has appointed facility (LAF) has been kept unchanged at 4.00%. Indian cricketer, Rohit Sharma as its brand • The reverse repo rate under the LAF has been ambassador for a period of two years in India. kept unchanged at 3.35%. • President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has • The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and appointed Satya Pal Malik as the Governor of the Bank Rate have been kept unchanged at Meghalaya. 4.25%. • The Securities and Exchange Board of India • Cash Reserve Ratio – 3% (Sebi) has appointed GP Garg as executive • Statutory Liquidity Ratio – 18% director. • Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), wholly- • Government of India has appointed Rakesh owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited Asthana as the new director-general of the has acquired majority equity stake in Chennai- Border Security Force (BSF). based Vitalic Health Pvt. Ltd. as well as in its • Amritsar based e-mobility start-up, eBikeGO has subsidiaries. Vitalic Health Pvt. Ltd. runs an appointed Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh as its online pharmacy platform “Netmeds” which brand ambassador. connects customers to pharmacists • Kaushik Khona has been appointed as the Chief • Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) Executive Officer of GoAir Airline. launched India’s first bullion index named • Former RBI deputy governor, Subhash Sheoratan “Bulldex”. Mundra has been appointed as non-executive • The Government of India, the Government of chairman of Indiabulls Housing Finance. Maharashtra, Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation • Soma Mondal has been selected by the Public and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) as the next (AIIB) has signed a loan agreement for a $500 chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited million Mumbai Urban Transport Project-III. (SAIL). • Paytm has launched India’s first Pocket Android • Pramod Bhasin has been appointed as a new POS (Point of Sale) Device named ‘Paytm All-in- Chairman of Indian Council for Research on One Portable Android Smart POS’ for contactless International Economic Relations (ICRIER). ordering and payments in India. • Former NABARD Chief, Harsh Kumar Bhanwala • National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) has selected has been appointed as executive chairman of the Infosys Finacle to digitally transform its Capital India Finance Limited. transaction banking business. • PNB Housing Finance has announced the • The proposed acquisition of C&S Electric Limited appointment of the former SBI Card head, by Siemens Limited has received the approval of Hardayal Prasad as its new managing director the Competition Commission of India (CCI). and chief executive officer. • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has • Pradeep Kumar Joshi has appointed as the approved a USD 1 billion (₹7,485 crore) loan to chairman of the Union Public Service Commission construct the modern, high-speed 82-kilometre • Girish Chandra Murmu has been appointed as (Delhi – Meerut) Uttar Pradesh Regional Rapid the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Transit System (RRTS) in India. of India • China has successfully launched 5th Earth • President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed observation satellite, Gaofen-9 (05), from the former Union minister Manoj Sinha as the next Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. China. • The Reserve Bank of India has approved the • Indian Institute of Technology’s (IIT) Alumni appointment of Sashidhar Jagdishan as the next Council has signed an agreement with Russia’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HDFC Bank. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) and • Dutch Author, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld won the Russoft to build the world’s largest and fastest International Booker Prize 2020 for her debut hybrid quantum computer in India. novel ‘The Discomfort of Evening’. • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and • Hyderabad’s, Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Jonnalagadda has bagged the first-ever Gold (VSSUT) has signed a Memorandum of Medal for India in Mental Calculations World Cup Understanding(MoU) to set up the first of its kind (MCWC) by Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO). innovation cum incubation centre, VSSUT Space • The Government of India Navratna, NLC India Innovation Centre (VSSSIC) to promote space Limited (NLCIL) has bagged the Swachhata Hi research. Seva award for making an extremely valuable • The National Aeronautics and Space contribution in the implementation of the Administration has launched “Mars 2020 “Swachhta Hi Seva Programme”. Perseverance rover mission” with United Launch • Forbes magazine has released “The Highest- Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket to the Red Planet Paid Actors Of 2020” list. Bollywood actor, “Mars”. Akshay Kumar(ranked 6th) is the only Indian star • G Satheesh Reddy was given a two-year to be listed among the top 10 world’s highest-paid extension as the chairman of Defence Research actors of 2020. The list has been topped by and Development Organisation (DRDO). Wrestler-turned-movie star Dwayne Johnson.

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• Journalists Nitin Sethi and Shiv Sahay Singh ‘Dhruvastra’. Dhruvastra’ is an anti-tank guided were declared winners of the Asian College of missile (ATGM) which has been developed by the Journalism’s (ACJ) Award 2019 for Investigative DRDO. Journalism and the K. P. Narayana Kumar • Ministry of Human Resource Development has Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism, been renamed as Ministry of Education. respectively. • The Railways Minister Piyush Goyal has • SKOCH Gold Award has been awarded to the announced, India’s first cable-stayed Railways Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) for its bridge “Anji Khad Bridge” to connect Katra and “Empowerment of Tribals through IT enabled Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). This bridge Scholarship Schemes” project. is being developed by Konkan Railway • India and Russia have become the joint winners Corporation Limited (KRCL). of FIDE online Chess Olympiad. • The World Bank has signed a loan agreement of $400 million with Government of India to enhance • Dwayne John Bravo became the first bowler in support for the Namami Gange programme. cricket to take 500 wickets in Twenty20 matches. He achieved the feat in the Caribbean Premier • Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has League (CPL) 2020 match. launched India’s first social media super application, “Elyments”. • The most successful men’s doubles pair in tennis history, Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan have • Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) has released its biennial Global Real Estate Transparency Index announced their retirement from the sport. (GRETI). India ranked 34th in GRETI 2020. UK • German Golfer Sophia Popov won the Women’s ranked first followed by USA and Australia. British Open 2020 title (rebranded as 2020 • India is the third top-most country in the Global AIG Women’s Open) by defeating Thailand’s Manufacturing Risk Index 2020. China and the Jasmine Suwannapura by two strokes at Royal United States retained the top two positions Troon in Scotland. respectively. • South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis, • Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh has topped the list Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas and Pune- of aspirational districts in Overall Delta Ranking born former Australian captain Lisa Sthalekar by government think-tank Niti Aayog for the were inducted into the International Cricket February-June 2020 period. Council’s Hall of Fame in a virtual ceremony. • India and Maldives have signed an agreement for • Ronnie O’Sullivan defeated Kyren Wilson with a the establishment of ‘Emergency Medical score of 18-8 to win the World Snooker Services’ in Male, Maldives. Championship 2020. • The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Bakamla RI • The title sponsorship rights of Indian Premier (Indonesian Coast Guard) have signed a League (IPL) 2020 has been bagged by the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on ‘Maritime fantasy gaming start-up “Dream 11“. The fantasy Safety and Security’ to boost maritime relations. gaming start-up has bagged the title sponsorship • World Trade Organization (WTO) General rights for ₹222 crore. Council has granted the “Observer” status to the • Indian Umpire, KN Ananthapadmanabhan has central Asian country Turkmenistan. been included in ICC’s international panel of • Pakistan and China have signed an agreement umpires. for the 700 MW Azad Pattan hydel power project • England's James Anderson becomes first fast on the Jhelum river in Sudhoti district of Pakistan bowler to take 600 Test wickets. Occupied Kashmir (PoK). • The United States has formalized to withdraw July 2020 from the World Health Organization (WHO) on July 6, 2021. NATIONAL • Government of India has extended medical • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed an assistance worth about USD 1 million in the form agreement for extending a $400-million currency of anti-tuberculosis medicines to North Korea. swap facility to Sri Lanka. • Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has signed an • According to data from the Reserve Bank of India agreement with the Indian Institute of (RBI), Tamil Nadu has raised ₹30,500 crores in the fiscal 2020-21 and has topped market Technology- Kanpur for Training, Research, and borrowings among States in the country. Entrepreneurship Development in Smart Grid • The Government of India has approved the Technology. Special liquidity scheme of ₹30,000 crore for • The Central Board of Secondary Education Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFCs)/ (CBSE) has partnered with Facebook to launch a Housing Finance Companies (HFCs). The free and comprehensive training program for Special liquidity scheme has been launched with teachers and students of its affiliated schools in a prime objective of improving the liquidity the first phase. position of NBFCs/HFCs via a Special Purpose • The largest Solar Power Plant of Indian Navy was Vehicle (SPV). commissioned at Indian Naval Academy • SpaceX has successfully launched South Korea’s Ezhimala, Kerala. first military satellite “ANASIS-II”. The satellite • India has successfully conducted flight tests of its was deployed into a geostationary transfer orbit indigenously developed anti-tank guided missile (GTO) by a Falcon 9 rocket.

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• Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will Award 2020 for a short documentary “Chi Lupo“. launch Brazil’s Amazonia-1 satellite. Chi Lupo, documented by Kezang D Thongdok is • Paytm Money has appointed Varun Sridhar as a short documentary on honey hunting. the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the • NTPC Ltd has been awarded with the prestigious company. CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019. • Government of India has appointed Partha Pratim • The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has Sengupta as the new Managing Director (MD) & announced that its new headquarters in Lausanne Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Indian Overseas has been awarded the European 2020 US Green Bank (IOB). Building Council (USGBC) Leadership Award. • Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) has • Former Reserve Bank of India governor, appointed Alok Misra as its new Chief Executive Chakravarthi Rangarajan has been conferred Officer & Director. with the first Prof. P C Mahalanobis Award in • Prakash Chandra Kandpal has been appointed Official Statistics for lifetime achievements. as the managing director and chief executive • Haryana will host the 4th edition of the Khelo India officer of the Non-life insurer SBI General Youth Games after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Insurance. • Spanish professional football club, Real Madrid • Sumit Deb has been appointed as the Chairman has been crowned La Liga Champions for the and Managing Director (CMD) of National Mineral 34th time after defeating Villarreal 2–1 at Estadio Development Corporation (NMDC). Alfredo Di Stefano in Madrid. • Board of Directors of the Karur Vysya Bank has • India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was named as appointed Ramesh Babu Boddu as a Managing the country’s ‘Most Valuable Player’ (MVP) of the Director & Chief Executive Officer of the bank. 21st century by Wisden. • SBI Cards and Payment Services has appointed Ashwini Kumar Tewari as its new Managing June 2020 Director and chief executive officer. • India’s wealthiest woman, Roshni Nadar Malhotra becomes the new chairman of Noida-based IT • Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Garib company, HCL Technologies. Kalyan RojgarNATI Abhiyaan, a ₹50,000 crore • Union Bank of India gives managing director and dedicated programme to create jobs for millions of CEO, Rajkiran Rai an extension of two-years. migrant workers who returned home during the coronavirus-induced lockdown across the country. • Injeti Srinivas has been appointed as first ON chairman of the International Financial Services • The Bengaluru International Airport Ltd (BIAL), Centres Authority (IFSCA) for a period of three which operated the Kempegowda International years. Airport becomes theAL 1st airport in India, who • Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda has been installed an indigenously-developed Aviation appointed as the first woman prime minister of Weather Monitoring System at its new runway on Gabon. both ends. • has become the Prime Minister • Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship of Singapore after the ruling People’s Action (MSDE) and IBM partners to unveil free Digital Party won the General Elections held in the Learning Platform “Skills Build Reignite”. country. • Union Minister Jitendra Singh has inaugurated two • Jean Castex has been appointed as the new bridges Devika and Puneja at Udhampur and Doda Prime Minister of France. districts respectively in Jammu and Kashmir. • Greta Thunberg has been named winner of the • India has been elected as a non-permanent inaugural Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity. member of the United Nations Security Council and will serve as the President of the UN body for • Guinean doctor Morissana Kouyate and the month of August, 2021. Marianna Vardinoyannis of Greece are the winners of the 2020 Nelson Mandela Prize. • India has joined the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI or Gee-Pay) as a • Tata group chairman, Natarajan Chandrasekaran founding member. and Chief Executive Officer and President of Lockheed Martin, Jim Taiclet to receive the US- • The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) India Business Council(USIBC) Global has become the first development division to go Leadership Award 2020. “fully Digital”. • Rail Infra and Mobility Business Digital Awards • The Government of India has allocated ₹4,000 (RIMBDA) has awarded Ved Parkash Dudeja crore to the State Governments under ‘Per Drop with the coveted ‘Infra Business Leader of the More Crop’ component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Year’ award for 2020. Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY- PDMC) for the year 2020-21. • Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) Chief, Kailasavadivoo Sivan has named for Von • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Karman Award 2020 by the International technology platform CHAMPIONS which stands Academy of Astronautics (IAA). for Creation and Harmonious Application of recent Processes for Increasing the Output and • Arunachal Pradesh filmmaker Kezang National Strength. D Thongdok has bagged the Dada Saheb Phalke

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• Swiss National Bank (SNB) has released ‘Annual • India has signed a Memorandum of banking statistics, 2019’. According to the latest Understanding (MOU) on “Energy Cooperation” SNB data, India has moved down three places to with Denmark. 77th rank in terms of money parked by its citizens. • NASA has announced that its headquarters in United Kingdom topped the list followed by USA Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. and West Indies. Jackson, one of its history-making engineers. • Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University • IIT-Bombay has created Indian beneficiary chip Ranking 2021 has released. The list is topped by “Dhruva”. This chip can be utilized in cell phones Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT), and route gadgets to discover locations and route followed by Stanford University and Harvard inside the nation. Dhruva will get signals from University. India’s NAVIC group of navigation satellites just • India skipper Virat Kohli is the only cricketer to as the US Global Positioning System-based feature in Forbes’ list of the top 100 highest-paid satellites to decide these precisely under every athletes in the world for the year 2020. Kohli is single climate condition. ranked at number 66 with estimated earnings of • NASA astronauts Robrt Behnken and Douglas $26 million. Roger Federer has topped the list of Hurley docked the SpaceX capsule with the world’s highest-paid athlete for 2020 with an International Space Station(ISS). estimated $106.3 million. • IAS Vini Mahajan becomes first woman chief • Turkish’s diplomat Volkan Bozkir has been secretary of Punjab. elected president of the 75th session of the UN • Urjit Patel has been appointed as the Chairman General Assembly. of the National Institute of Public Finance and • Virtual Global Vaccine Summit 2020 was hosted Policy (NIPFP). by the UK Prime Minister . • India has appointed Brajendra Navnit as India’s • India and Bhutan signed a pact for the new ambassador to the World Trade construction of the 600 MW Kholongchhu joint Organization (WTO). venture hydroelectric project in Bhutan. • Uday Kotak MD & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank, • The world’s first yoga university outside India has has taken over as the President of Confederation been launched in Los Angeles, US. The Yoga of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2020-21. University has been named after Swami • Twitter has appointed ex-Google chief financial Vivekananda. officer (CFO), Patrick Pichette as new board • The Board of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board chairman. of India (IBBI) has reconstituted the Advisory • Krishnendu Majumdar becomes the new Committee on Corporate Insolvency Resolution & chairman of British Academy of Film and Liquidation. The Advisory Committee will Television Arts (BAFTA). be chaired by the Executive Vice Chairman and • Lazarus Chakwera becomes the new President Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank, of . Uday Kotak. • Micheal Martin has been elected as new Prime • An Internal Working Group (IWG) has been Minister of Ireland by the lower house of the Irish constituted by the Reserve Bank of India with a parliament. prime objective of reviewing the extant guidelines • Kerala Health Minister K.K Shailaja was on ownership and corporate structure for Indian honoured by the United Nations. She was honoured for her efforts to fight the coronavirus private sector banks. The Internal Working Group (IWG) will be headed by Dr. Prasanna Kumar pandemic in her state. Mohanty, Director, Central Board of RBI. • Himachal Pradesh state Panchayati raj department wins 1st prize under e-Panchayat • United Kingdom oil major “British Petroleum” is Puraskar-2020. going to set up Global Business Service Centre in • The German Book Trade has chosen Indian Nobel Pune, Maharashtra to support its global businesses. prize-winning economist and philosopher Amartya • Yes Bank Limited has acquired a 24.19% stake in Sen for its prestigious 2020 Peace Prize. Dish TV India Ltd, a corporation providing Direct • Chef Angad Singh Rana has won QualityNZ to Home (DTH) television service in India, Culinary Cup 2020. This award is the New following invocation of 44.53 crores pledged Zealand’s first ‘Virtual’ Chef competition – the shares. ‘Quality NZ Culinary Cup’ held in India. • PhonePe has partnered with ICICI Bank on UPI • Javed Akhtar has honoured with the prestigious multi-bank model. Richard Dawkins Award for 2020. • Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has signed a • Kritika Pandey has been honoured with Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Small Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020 for the Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for Asia region. PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM • India has been awarded the hosting rights of the SVANidhi). PM SVANidhi is a Special Micro- 2022 Women’s Asian Cup by the Asian Football Credit Facility for Street Vendors. Confederation.

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• Indian umpire Nitin Menon has been inducted into • Through NABARD, ₹30,000 working capital fund International Cricket Council’s Elite Panel of is provided by the government to help small and Umpires. marginal farmers for post-harvest of the Rabi • Grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of crops and for the preparation for the Kharif crops. Azerbaijan has won the World Stars Sharjah • Under PM Matsya Sampada Yojana, ₹11,000 Online International Chess Championship. crore will be provided for marine, inland fisheries • The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ will be and aquaculture; ₹9,000 crore will be allocated hosted by Australia and New Zealand. for infrastructure to make people self-reliant. • Anmol Narang has made history by becoming the • Amidst pandemic, states have so far borrowed 1st observant Sikh to graduate from the 14% of the authorized limit from the centre. A distinguished United States (US) Military special increase has been demanded by the Academy at West Point. states from the centre from earlier 3% GSDP to • Former NASA astronaut and Geologist, Kathryn 5% GSDP to which the centre has agreed for the D. Sullivan has become the 1st woman to reach FY 2020-2021. the deepest point of the ocean, Mariana Trench. • The Government of India has launched its • Former England women’s captain Clare Connor biggest-ever evacuation exercises named the is to become the 1st female president of “Vande Bharat Mission”. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in its 233-year • India has been ranked at 74th position on the history. Global ‘Energy Transition Index’ by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Sweden has topped the “Energy Transition Index (ETI)”. Switzerland and May 2020 Finland are on 2nd and 3rd rank respectively. • Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in the • An operation named “Samudra Setu” has been online Summit of Non Aligned Movement (NAM) launched by NATIO the Indian Navy. This operation is Contact Group. The summit was hosted by the a part of India’s effort to bring back Indian citizens current Chairman of NAM, President of Republic who are stranded overseas amid COVID-19 of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, with the theme pandemic. NAL “United against COVID-19”. • A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won the been signed by NTPC Limited, and Oil and Israeli national election, securing a record fifth Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) to set term in office. up a Joint Venture Company for Renewable • Slovenia becomes the 1st nation in Europe to Energy business. declare an official end to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Manipur’s “Khudol” has been listed among the • The Genoa-based Italian Institute of Technology top 10 global initiatives for an inclusive fight (IIT) has developed ‘iFeel-You’ bracelet for social against the COVID-19 pandemic. distancing. This bracelet will help users respect • India did handover the war game centre named social distancing rules. as “INDIA” to Uganda Peoples Defence Forces • The Government of Iran recently takes a decision (UPDF). of changing the name of its currency to a “Toman”. • India has become the second-largest • Mustafa al-Kadhimi becomes new Iraqi prime manufacturer of Personal Protective Equipment minister. in the world following China which is currently • Kotak Mahindra Bank becomes first bank in India leading producer of PPE in the world. to allow video Know your customer (KYC) facility • Indian Railways has operationalised its 1st for customers opening savings accounts on 12,000 hp electric Locomotive- WAG12. The loco Kotak 811 – the banks digital banking platform. is named WAG12 with Number 60027. This • The licence of The CKP Co-operative Bank Ltd., Locomotive has manufactured by Madhepura Mumbai to carry on banking business has Electric Loco Factory in Bihar. been cancelled by the Reserve Bank of India • Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an (RBI) with effect from the close of business on Economic Package of s 20 Lakh crore, giving April 30, 2020. stress on land, labour, liquidity and law.'Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' package of ₹20 lakh • Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has crore to revive the Indian economy. announced the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana, which is a social security • Government will infuse ₹20,000 crores in the scheme for senior citizens. stressed MSMEs. • Finance Minister announced that ₹45,000 crore • The Supreme Court of India has ruled that the will be infused in NBFCs under the partial credit provisions of the Securitisation and guarantee scheme and ₹30,000 crore will be Reconstruction of Financial Assets and infused in microfinance institutions. Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) • Under the package, ₹90,000 crore will be infused Act, 2002, will be applicable to state and multi- in DISCOMs to increase liquidity. state cooperative banks. st • For a period of 12 months, the government will • Russia has planned to launch the 1 satellite provide interest subvention support of 2% for named Arktika-M to monitor the Arctic climate MUDRA-Shishu Loan payees. and environment later this year.

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• NASA has renamed its next-generation space • Under Western Railway, Ahmedabad railway telescope “Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope station at Kalupur, Gujarat becomes the 1st (WFIRST)”, which is set to launch in 2025, in station of Indian Railways (IR) to install a “Walk honour of Nancy Grace Roman. Through Mass Sanitizing Tunnel”. • India’s first indigenous antibody testing kit • Stockholm International Peace Research Institute “ELISA” has been successfully developed by the (SIPRI) has released its report “Trends in World National Institute of Virology, Pune. Military Expenditure, 2019”. The top 5 largest • Indian-origin girl, Vaneeza Rupani has been spenders in 2019 were: United States honoured of naming the NASA’s 1st Mars ($732 billion), China ($261 billion), India ($71.1 helicopter ‘Ingenuity’. billion), Russia ($65.1 billion) and Saudi Arabia • Aiman Ezzat has become the new Chief ($61.9 billion). Executive Officer (CEO) of French technology • Forbes has launched the 34th annual world’s major Capgemini Group. billionaires list named as “The Richest in 2020”. • Thierry Delaporte has been appointed by the IT The list titled “The Richest in 2020” has been major Wipro as its new Chief Executive Officer topped by the Amazon Founder and Chief (CEO) and Managing Director (MD). Executive Officer Jeff Bezos. • Marcos Troyjo has been elected as next • Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz President of New Development Bank (NDB). al-Saud has abolished the death penalty for • Indian economist Abhas Jha has been appointed crimes committed by minors. as World Bank’s Practice Manager for Climate • The Lebanese parliament has passed the Change and Disaster Risk Management for legislation to legalize the cannabis cultivation for South Asia. medical and industrial purposes. • World Bank Group has appointed Carmen Reinhart • The United States has approved the sale of as its new Vice President and Chief Economist. Harpoon air-launched anti-ship missiles and Mark • The Appointments Committee of the Union 54 lightweight torpedoes to India. Cabinet has appointed Govinda Rajulu Chintala • The Reserve Bank of India has announced as the Chairman of National Bank for Agriculture a Special Liquidity Facility of ₹50,000 crore for and Rural Development (NABARD). Mutual Funds. This has been done by the central • V. Vidyavathi is appointed as the new Director- bank in order to ease liquidity pressures on the General of Archaeological Survey of India(ASI). • Manoj Ahuja has been appointed the new Mutual Funds. chairman of the Central Board of Secondary • The licence of the Mapusa Urban Co-operative Education (CBSE). Bank of Goa Ltd. has been cancelled by the • Former Axis Bank CEO, Shikha Sharma named Reserve Bank of India. advisor to Google Pay India. • Karnataka Bank has received Reserve Bank of • Indian-American IBM scientist, Rajiv Joshi has India nod for reappointment of Mahabaleshwara bagged the prestigious NYIPLA “Inventor of the M S as MD and CEO. Year award” for the year 2020. • Iran has successfully launched its first-ever • Indian Army officer Major Suman Gawani is going military satellite named “Noor” into the orbit. to be awarded the UN Military Gender Advocate • The former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar was of the Year 2019. appointed as the Chairperson of the Public • Sania Mirza becomes 1st Indian to win Fed Cup Enterprises Selection Board(PESB) for a period Heart Award 2020 for Asia/Oceania zone. of 3 years. • IIT Bombay Professor Saurabh Lodha has been • Sanjay Kothari took oath as Central Vigilance honoured with the Young Career Award in Nano Commissioner of India. Science & Technology for the year 2020. • WWF (World Wide Fund) India has appointed • Indian journalists namely Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan World chess champion Viswanathan Anand as its and Channi Anand have been honoured with the ambassador for the environmental education 2020 Pulitzer Prize. These journalists have won programme. the award in the field of feature photography. • IFFCO Tokio General Insurance has appointed • IIT Madras Professor Thalappil Pradeep has Anamika Roy Rashtrawar as the new Managng been selected for the Nikkei Asia Prize 2020. Director & Chief Executive Officer of the company. • The Bundesliga primary football league of • Infosys’ chief operating officer, UB Pravin Rao Germany becomes the world’s first major sports becomes the new chairman of the National event to resume after COVID-19 lockdown. Association of Software and Services Companies Bundesliga means “Federal League”. (Nasscom), for 2020-21. • Adam Higginbotham’s book “Midnight in

April 2020 Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster” wins the William • Lucknow’s King George’s Medical University E. Colby Award. (KGMU) has becomeNATI the 1st government hospital • Tata Power bags Edison Award for social in the country to successfully launch the plasma innovation. The company bags the awards for its therapy treatment for COVID-19. ‘Club Enerji #Switchoff2SwitchOn’ campaign.

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• Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik has • Former Indian cricketer Sunil Joshi becomes the been conferred with ‘Hero to Animals Award’ by new chairman of the national selection panel by animal rights body PETA India. the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) in • Alireza Firouzja beats World Chess Champion Mumbai. Magnus Carlsen in the final of the Banter Blitz • Bimal Julka is appointed as the Chief Information Cup 2020. Commissioner (CIC) of India. • “Feifei” to be the mascot for Hangzhou 2022 • Nupur Kulshrestha becomes the first woman to Asian Para Games, China. be promoted as Deputy Inspector General • England’s all-rounder Ben Stokes has been (DIG) of Indian Coast Guard. named as the leading cricketer in the world 2020 • The Indian Mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta has by Wisden. entered ‘Limca Book of Records’. He has set the record of becoming the first Indian to climb the

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• Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the 19th-century ruler of • The Indian Science Congress Association the Sikh Empire in India named the “Greatest (ISCA) announcedNATIO that Pune will host the annual Leader of All Time” in a poll conducted by ‘BBC session of 108th Indian Science Congress 2021. World Histories Magazine’. • Amazon has partnered with the Deendayal • Arfa Khanum Sherwani of “The Wire” and Antyodaya YojanaNAL-National Urban Livelihoods Bengaluru-based freelancer Rohini Mohan have Mission (DAY-NULM) under Ministry of Housing been jointly awarded Chameli Devi Jain and Urban Affairs. Award for outstanding woman journalist. • Indian Oil Corporation Limited has become the • Ruchika Tomar is the winner of the 2020 first company to begin supply of BS-VI fuel PEN/Hemingway Award for debut novel, for “A across its 28,000 petrol pumps. Prayer for Travelers”. • The Department of Posts, Kolkata (West Bengal • Indian filmmaker Zoya Akhtar has been honoured circle), has launched free digital parcel locker with IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020 for her service. outstanding contribution to world tourism through • Gujarat ranks first in the list for domestic solar her cinema. rooftop installations with 64% of domestic solar • West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard became the installations. Maharashtra ranked second. first player to play 500 T20s. • India has been ranked 12th in the world as per • Australia won women’s T20 world cup 2020 study titled ‘Women On Board 2020’. The list defeating India. was topped by Norway with 40.72% women on • PV Sindhu has won the inaugural edition of board. BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award for • The United Nations has released World 2019. Happiness Report 2020. India ranked 144th.The • Saurashtra won their maiden Ranji Trophy on the top 5 countries in the list are Finland, Denmark, back of their first innings lead against Bengal in Switzerland Iceland ,Norway. the final played at the Saurashtra Cricket • Luxembourg became first country in the world to Association Stadium. make public transport free. • The Philippines has become the first country of Books and Authors

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